wsl.exe fails to launch

[cpriest]

When configured for WSL and specifying the shell/command as wsl.exe, it fails to launch.

wsl.exe is the new preferred way of launching WSL rather than bash.exe as wsl.exe will use the configured login shell.

[sedwards2009]

wsl.exe is used for the WSL session type, and the shell should be a linux style path to your linux shell. At the moment if you say "Use default shell", then it actually just grabs /bin/bash without looking at the default which you've configured on the wsl side. This bit is wrong.

[cpriest]

Ahh yes, I see that is true. I didn't realize that it was asking for the WSL shell. Setting the shell to /bin/zsh worked just fine.

I guess it just may need some clarification in the GUI.

By the way, this is an AWESOME concept. I'm a huge terminal fan and a programmer. If I get some time, I plan to contribute to the project.

[RobertDeRose]

I tried setting my shell to /bin/zsh and it didn't invoke it, I also attempted to modify the code to pass nothing in for the shell, and just allow wsl.exe to invoke the configured login shell, but I failed to find exactly where that would need to happen, though I didn't spend a ton of time trying