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WILLIAM OBIANA answered on August 26, 2022 Popularity 7/10 Helpfulness 2/10

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Adding a windows installed application to WSL path so we can run from Ubuntu wsl:

	Install app on Windows.
	Find the applications path to the folder where the executable file (app.exe) is located copy the path.
	on WSL, go to the root folder where .bashrc is located
	nano .bashrc
	scroll to the end of file and add the path & alias using the format below
	export PATH="$PATH:/mnt/c/Program Files/Amazon/AWSCLIV2"
	alias aws='aws.exe'
	save
	apply changes by run source command below
	source ~/.bashrc
	Now, you should be able to run the application from anywhere in the WSL terminal

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# WSL: Convert Linux Path to Windows
wslpath -w /path/to/convert

	$ wslpath -w /mnt/c/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts
	C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
    
    $ wslpath -w bin/tree
	\\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\username\bin\tree

# WSL: Convert Windows Path to Linux 
wslpath -u "path\to\convert"

	~ $ wslpath -u "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts"
	/mnt/c/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts

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\\wsl$\[wsl_name]
e.g.
\\wsl$\Ubuntu

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