"They should really document this issue better, like in the docs for installing WSL" What, like this bit in the install instructions page: https://msdn.microso

"They should really document this issue better, like in the docs for installing WSL" What, like this bit in the install instructions page: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/install_guide https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/install_gui... After installation your Linux file system components will be located at: C:\Users\<Windows user name>\AppData\Local\lxss\ This directory is marked as a system file which are hidden by default. Accessing this location directly is not advised due to caching between the Linux and Windows file systems. Check out our blog post for more information.