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--- windows_subsystem_for_linux_setup [2019/08/20 09:45]
tkbletsc [Basic packages]
+++ windows_subsystem_for_linux_setup [2020/08/08 13:52]
tkbletsc [Run explorer from this directory in bash]
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 ===== Run explorer from this directory in bash =====
-I'm used to saying ''explorer .'' to open an explorer in this directory. For some reason, this doesn't work in WSL, even if I spell out the full path to explorer. However, [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44245721/launching-explorer-from-wsl|per this recipe]], you can add the following to ~/.bashrc to restore this functionality:
+I'm used to saying ''start .'' to open an explorer in this directory. Using [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44245721/launching-explorer-from-wsl|this recipe]], you can add the following to ~/.bashrc to restore this functionality:
-  alias explorer="cmd.exe /c start"
+  alias start="powershell.exe /c start"

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