Friday, April 12, 2019

Tech Notes:-How to copy files from Windows Subsystem For Linux to Windows

If you work on Windows Subsystem for Linux  either Ubuntu or OpenSuse, I am sure you have faced with situations where you had to copy files from Ubuntu or OpenSuse to Windows.

If you are not aware how to do it. Here are the easy steps

  • Right-click the start and then run , paste the below path and press enter     
    •     %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages
  • Now in the windows explorere search packages option type ubuntu. This should show the Ubuntu folder with the name something like 
    • CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu18.04onWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc
  • Open this folder and browse to LocalState --> rootfs
  • Now this is the root file system of your Ubuntu.Mostly your files will be saved under /home/UserName/
  • Now you should be able to copy the files using windows explorer itself

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