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I would like to access my files from Bash on Ubuntu on Windows 10 from Windows, e.g., using the Windows file explorer.

It works the other way round (Windows file system is under /mnt) but I cannot find the Ubuntu file system in Windows.

Does anyone know where/how I can access it?

Edit: To clarify, I am not talking about a dual-boot setup, but specifically about the new Ubuntu subsystem in Windows 10 which is called "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows" in the current Insider Preview version

Kaz Wolfe
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Ruehri
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%LocalAppData%\lxss is the location where your ubuntu installation would be on windows. There is some magic going on with the files though (see: Alternate Data Streams) as you can't edit the files from windows otherwise they disappear from the ubuntu environment. I have found that they will come back if you touch them from within the ubuntu/bash environment.

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