Sharing files between the two can be critical at times and is surprisingly easy with the right tools. With fairly little effort, you can copy files from Windows to Linux or Linux to Windows.

You can access Windows Subsystem for Linux files using Explorer on Windows 11/10. Open Explorer from WSL Terminal or launch the root from Explorer.

Tom installs and uses Edge DX to monitor his WSL Linux instance and explains how to access files from and to Windows systems.

Microsoft also says it's investigating user reports of the latest Windows 10 2004 security patch breaking WSL 2.

Learn how to copy files using Command Prompt (copy and xcopy). You can also use parameters to perform some specific tasks while copying.

Jack Wallen continues his Linux 101 series, with an introduction on how to copy files and directories from the command line.

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