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wslview: opens powershell windows when opening file in GUI application launched from the Start Menu

Open lucyllewy opened this issue 3 years ago • 1 comments

Background Information:

  • Build: 21343
  • WSL: Ubuntu on WSL Community Preview
  • Version: v3.2.1-1

Describe the bug When running a GUI application from the Windows Start Menu that tries to open a wslview-supported file in Windows there are multiple powershell windows that open. These should ideally be eliminated or hidden.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Install Windows Insider build 21332 or later
  2. Install Ubuntu on WSL Community Preview
  3. Install nautilus: sudo apt install -yqq nautilus
  4. Open nautilus by selecting "Files" from the Windows Start Menu
  5. Navigate to a PDF file in nautilus and double-click to open it

Expected behavior Silently launch the file in the correct Windows application, without popping up any intermediary powershell windows.

lucyllewy avatar Mar 25 '21 02:03 lucyllewy

This should be fixed in 4.0.0

patrick330602 avatar Apr 19 '22 15:04 patrick330602