Seems not support open windows volume under /mnt， like /mnt/e

[roachsinai]

Background Information:

• Build: [19043]
• WSL: [ArchWSL]
• Version: [3.2.3]

Describe the bug

Can't open explorer.exe under /mnt/e by wslview ..

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Open a wsl tab, cd /mnt/e or other windoes volume, then run wslview . get below error:

Above text just flashed past, I captured it by transcribe a small viedo.

Expected behavior

explorer . works well under /mnt/e, expect wslview . has same behavior.

Thanks in advance!

[patrick330602]

It looks like an encoding problem. Can you post a result from Windows PowerShell with the command Get-Culture | Format-List -Property *?

[roachsinai]

Parent                         : zh-CHS
LCID                           : 2052
KeyboardLayoutId               : 2052
Name                           : zh-CN
IetfLanguageTag                : zh-CN
DisplayName                    : 中文(简体，中国)
NativeName                     : 中文(中国)
EnglishName                    : Chinese (Simplified, China)
TwoLetterISOLanguageName       : zh
ThreeLetterISOLanguageName     : zho
ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName : CHS
CompareInfo                    : CompareInfo - zh-CN
TextInfo                       : TextInfo - zh-CN
IsNeutralCulture               : False
CultureTypes                   : SpecificCultures, InstalledWin32Cultures, FrameworkCultures
NumberFormat                   : System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo
DateTimeFormat                 : System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo
Calendar                       : System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar
OptionalCalendars              : {System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar}
UseUserOverride                : True
IsReadOnly                     : False

[roachsinai]

Hi, @patrick330602 is the info above enough to help you to locate bug? Or what extra infos should I provide?

[patrick330602]

Sorry, this is still being investigated.

[roachsinai]

Sorry, this is still being investigated.

Thanks for your reply :)

[Zebartin]

I am going on similar issue with almost the same background.

wslview /mnt/ works just fine, and then when I mannually open e/ in Windows Explorer, it fails saying I have no access to the network resource.

Seems like a deliberate setting of wsl, not sure.

[patrick330602]

I am going on similar issue with almost the same background.

wslview /mnt/ works just fine, and then when I mannually open e/ in Windows Explorer, it fails saying I have no access to the network resource.

Seems like a deliberate setting of wsl, not sure.

Interesting.... I will take a further look

[hltdev8642]

Same issue here (opening something under /mnt/g/***) .

[A-23187]

Possibly related to microsoft/WSL#3853. So powershell.exe -Command Start \\wsl$\<distro>\mnt\<drive> doesn't work. The path needs to be converted to Windows style, e.g. /mnt/e to E:\ manually or using $(wslpath /mnt/e).