How to access Bash files in Windows 10 (and vice versa)

In recent times, with a surprise move Microsoft has introduced the possibility of install and use an Ubuntu based Bash shell directly from within Windows 10.

Preliminary information

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At the moment the feature is limited to Insiders only but will be introduced in stable releases of Windows 10 starting with the Anniversary Update.

Ma where the files go that are created via the Ubuntu Bash shell in Windows 10? Can they be viewed?

Well the answer is yes, and in this guide we will show you both how to access files created in Bash through Windows 10 Explorer and how to access system disks through Bash.

Access Bash files in Windows 10

The first thing to do to access Bash files in Windows 10 is enable the display of hidden files and system.

To do this, you need to open one Explorer window (just open any folder, "This PC" and so on), move to the box Show and select Options> Change folder and search options.

From the panel that appears, let's move to the tab viewing and, from there, we check "View hidden folders, files and drives". Let's Ok.

 

The game is done! You will find the file di Bash su Windows 10 in the folder

C: UtentiNomeUtenteAppDataLocallxss

To access it quickly and using a Windows environment variable to simplify your work, just open the Start menu (or use the WIN + R key combination) and type in it

explorer.exe% HOMEPATH% AppDataLocallxss

You can also type the same path in the Explorer address bar.

Ubuntu on Windows (Bash) system files will be stored in

% HOMEPATH% AppDataLocallxssrootfs

The home directories of users configured in Bash will be in

% HOMEPATH% AppDataLocallxsshome

and the root directory will be in

% HOMEPATH% AppDataLocallxssroot

Access disks from Bash on Windows 10

Keeping in mind that Linux-based operating systems mount external devices in / mnt /, the reasoning is almost natural: the disks configured in Windows 10 can be found in that folder.

The subfolders for each disk have the same name as the letter the disks are associated with in Windows.

So for access C: from Bash on Windows just type

cd / mnt / c

To access D :, instead, you will need to type

cd / mnt / d

and so on.

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