Why ubuntu.exe command redirects me to "~" directory and how can I fix it?

[carpet92]

• Your Windows build number: Windows 10 Version: 1709 Build: 16299.19

When I open windows cmd in "this" directory and run bash command it opens WSL in "this" directory where I open cmd. But when I runnnig ubuntu command it opens WSL in Ubuntu home "~" directory.

I record a Gif to demonstration:

How can I fix this?

[onomatopellan]

It's weird because ubuntu run bash works.

[carpet92]

@onomatopellan could you reproduce this issue on your PC?

[onomatopellan]

Yes. Typing ubuntu goes to /home/user folder. But typing ubuntu run bash goes to the directory from it's called.

[carpet92]

@onomatopellan ubuntu run bash runs bash not ubuntu. chsh works correctly only with ubuntu.exe.

[onomatopellan]

@Zx-EvM ubuntu run bash runs bash inside ubuntu distro. Try ubuntu run chsh then.

[onomatopellan]

@Zx-EvM You should read this https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/wsl-config
Even if you have multiple distros installed bash will open the default one that is listed with wslconfig.exe /l

[carpet92]

@onomatopellan

and wslconfig.exe /l output:

Windows Subsystem for Linux Distributions:
Ubuntu (Default)

[onomatopellan]

@Zx-EvM what says if you try wsl.exe instead of bash.exe

[carpet92]

@onomatopellan it will run zsh. Thus looks like it runs ubuntu.

[onomatopellan]

it's a duplicate of #2570
The team tagged it as a launcher bug.

[carpet92]

@onomatopellan thanks. Your this #2587 (comment) comment is helps for me. We can just set "WSL OS" as default and run it with "special default WSL OS runner - wsl.exe".

[MikeGitb]

Just want to add my +1 to this bug. That behavior is really annoying and while setting the default distro works, it doesn't help if you want to use multiple different distros at the same time.

[benhillis]

Duplicate of #2385.