File Explorer Linux Share Vanished

Question

Ubuntu 22.04 on WSL2

The Linux share in File Explorer suddenly vanished and is not coming back, even after reboot. The only thing I did which may have affected it, as best I know, is 'wsl --terminate`. Any ideas on how I can get it back?

Answer 1

Hi Mike Ayers,

Please enter \\wsl$ in the address bar in your file explorer and see if you can access the root file system of the Linux distributions. If yes you can pin the path to your file explorer manually.

Also try starting the distribution manually by running wsl --distribution.

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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