Map network drive as better option for "Add Ubuntu to Windows Explorer"

[xolve]

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Thankful for this step-by-step process for WSL2. I would like to add that network shares like \\ws$\ubuntu do not work with Windows command prompt. With mapping that to a drive letter like Z: makes it seamless operation to work with Ubuntu disk. Would you like me to raise a PR for that?

[mikemaccana]

Sure! Love more additions.

On Sun, 6 Sep 2020, 20:20 xolve, [email protected] wrote:

Thankful for this step-by-step process for WSL2. I would like to add that network shares like \ws$\ubuntu do not work with Windows command prompt. With mapping that to a drive letter like Z: makes it seamless operation to work with Ubuntu disk. Would you like me to raise a PR for that?

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[mikemaccana]

BTW in Powershell

cd \\wsl\ubuntu