Next Windows update brings better Linux integration
Summary
To quote Microsoft, " DO NOT, under ANY circumstances, access , create, and/or modify files in your distros filesystem using Windows apps, tools, scripts, consoles, etc. According to Craig Loewen, a Microsoft programming manger working on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) , "The next Windows update is coming soon and were bringing exciting new updates to WSL with it! These include accessing the Linux file system from Windows, and improvements to how you manage and configure your distros in the command line. With this latest update, youll be able to "easily access all the files in your Linux distros from Windows. First, since youre using a network protocol to access your local Linux files, all the usual rules for accessing network resources apply, For instance, the command CMD cd \\wsl$\Ubuntu\home wont work since CMD doesnt support UNC paths as current directories.