Is PowerShell necessary for wslview?

[archiif]

Are there any advantages over just calling cmd.exe /c start "" "$lname" or explorer.exe "$lname" in wslview? I'm asking this because the launch time of PowerShell kind of sucks on my slow system, which is annoying when you're trying to open links frequently from inside WSL.

[patrick330602]

Unfortunately, both options are not well supported. cmd.exe will have issues with the absolute Linux path (due to cmd not supporting UNC path) and explorer.exe have an issue (https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/6565).

I am currently thinking about providing the alternative engines for wslview in the future version.