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opened 2026-01-31 02:13:22 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 02:13:22 +00:00
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Originally created by @blacklightpy on GitHub (Aug 13, 2020).

Environment

Windows build number: 20185
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 1.1.2021.0 (it was a problem before too)

Any other software?
Ubuntu on WSL2

Steps to reproduce

Start Ubuntu from Windows Terminal profile
After the distro has booted up, close the tab and start it again

Here's my profile:

    {
        "guid": "{2c4de342-38b7-51cf-b940-2309a097f518}",
        "startingDirectory": "//wsl$/Ubuntu/home/jyothish",
        "hidden": false,
        "name": "Ubuntu",
        "source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl"
     }

(I had added the startingDirectory myself to get it to start in ~ and the rest were auto-generated and unmodified)

Expected behavior

Ubuntu always respects startingDirectory

Actual behavior

It does not respect startingDirectory for the first launch, but only for subsequent launches. It starts at /mnt/c/Users/Blacklight first and then when I close the tab and again launch a WSL instance again, it starts in ~ (/home/jyothish).

Additional Notes:

Also when WSL is not in use for a certain period of time (about one hour or so) the instance supposedly shuts down and starting it again would make it launch at /mnt/c/Users/Blacklight. I noticed this because when WSL is not active, I can't access the files from the Linux section in Windows Explorer (which was introduced in build 19603, basically //wsl/Ubuntu - which is slightly confusing because I expected //wsl$/Ubuntu to be the address but it was just //wsl/Ubuntu but both of them work anyways). So I was using some files from my browser and when I went up a directory after a while it showed file or resource not found. This is a problem related to WSL but I just thought of mentioning it here.

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