WSL2 localhost forwarding doesn't seem to work

[omegapaulo]

I am starting to have some problem with the wsl2/Ubuntu-20.04 on windows 2004 May update (insiders slow).

So opening a folder on Ubuntu with VScode and having a single .html file and when I try to open the file in chrome, Firefox, on localhost:5500 using the live server extension I get the can't access this page and I've tried all I know but didn't work. It was working fine before the upgrade to windows 2004. Any help?

[onomatopellan]

I just tested and it works on Windows 10 v2004.

Install VSCode 1.45.1 WSL Remote extension 0.44.2.
Open the folder from bash with code .
Install LiveShare extension v5.6.1 in Ubuntu 20.04.
Open index.html in VScode -> right click -> Open with Live Server
Html opens in Microsoft Edge and changes are reflected automatically.

This user also had problems with LiveServer ritwickdey/vscode-live-server#760

[onomatopellan]

BTW if you have Fast Startup enabled try disabling it. It's known to give localhost problems in WSL2.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4189-turn-off-fast-startup-windows-10-a.html

[omegapaulo]

Thanks, @onomatopellan I figured out what's the problem has been, it's all in the file path.
If the folder I open in vscode wsl2 is not inside another folder then all works fine, live reload and everything else, but if the folder I open is inside other folders which will make the path bit longer the vscode in wsl2 will not reload the page on saving at all, I have to manually reload the page. If I am using the vscode in the windows side it works fine.
Do you have any idea why would it behave like that?
I am new to web development so... Kind hard for me to figure these things out even with google

[fch310]

Hi guys, i was in the same trouble, i fix it, changing the wsl2 to wsl1,
-first open powershel and run the netx comand "wsl --list --verbose" and you can see the name of your distro and on which version of wsl is running, in my case shows this "* Ubuntu-20.04 Running 1"(name, state and version),
-Now you only need change the wsl version with the next comand "wsl --set-version ", in my case looks like that "wsl --set-version Ubuntu-20.04 1" and will show you the next mensaje "Conversion in progress, this may take a few minutes...
Conversion complete."
-And that is it. my liveserver extension works perfectly , if you want come back to wsl2 only run the last comand only changing the 1 for 2

I hope this can help you guys.