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Raghav Malik
Raghav Malik

Reputation: 840

Windows Desktop doesn't show up on WSL

I just recently set up WSL with Ubuntu 18.04 on my new windows computer. I know that to access my windows files from the linux side, the C:\ drive is mapped to /mnt/c. When I try to cd to /mnt/c/Users/malik22/Desktop, however, I get a No such file or directory error. I access my window Downloads, Documents, etc. just fine from the linux side, but for some reason Desktop seems to be the only one not present.

I've been using WSL for over a year now on my old computer and have never run into this issue. Any ideas?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2112

Answers (1)

wuddadid
wuddadid

Reputation: 90

If your Desktop is backed up in your OneDrive it won't show up in your user directory.

You can either create a symbolic link as mentioned below by @raghav-malik or else choose to not back up your Desktop (you can instead back up your Documents directory).

Upvotes: 3

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