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How did you manage to trash the WSL? I'm not suggesting that it's hard to do or anything, just genuinely curious.

• steveklabnik 10y ago
  I decided to try using VS: Code (which was installed under Windows) to work on my projects. Opening a file ends up trashing it entirely. This is actually expected behavior; I just wasn't aware :(
  • kej 10y ago
    For what it's worth, `lxrun /uninstall /y /full` followed by `lxrun /install /y` will put the WSL environment back to "factory settings". Then as long as you don't try to look into the WSL side from Windows you'll be fine.
    • steveklabnik 10y ago
      Totally. I just decided it was a good opportunity to actually move to Windows for real :)
  • slrz 10y ago
    What? Files get trashed by just opening them? This is supposed to be expected behaviour?
    • steveklabnik 10y ago
      Yes. Native windows doesn't know how to read the filesystem, so it totally screws up the metadata. It's actually kinda hard to even do; the files are hidden by default, so you have to really go snooping to do this. Linux -> Windows works just fine. Windows -> Linux, not so much.