


Removed by default, so any personal files stored there will beĬreating/modifying any files within the Linux subsystem using Windows apps & tools can cause Data corruption and data loss in Ubuntu subsystem! (Thanks to Rich Turner for suggesting these words of caution!) This is absolutely not supported. Mounts is that when you uninstall WSL, the home directories are not home which are mounted using %LocalAppData%\lxss\root and In addition, aįew additional VolFs mount points exist, most notably /root and %LocalAppData%\lxss\rootfs as the backing storage. VolFs is used to mount the VFS root directory, using Provides, including Linux permissions, symbolic links, FIFOs, sockets, As such, VolFs supports most features the Linux VFS Linux system files, as well as the content of your Linux homeĭirectory. The primary file system used by WSL is VolFs. See the WSL blog post on File System Support:

In earlier iterations of Windows Subsystem for Linux, the Ubuntu file system was at %localappdata%\Lxss (e.g., C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Lxss - replace the Username with your Username on Windows). For example:Ĭ:\Users\\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState - benhillisįor WSL2 you can access to home directory from windows (Windows 10 build 18342) like this : \\wsl$ For Ubuntu installed from the Windows store:Įach distribution you install through the store is installed to thatĪpplication's appdata directory.
