microsoft / microsoft/WSL

Global automount configuration

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Description

Hello, please add an option to globally configure automount with .wslconfig file.
Option to not automount removable drives would be perfect as well, right now, if someone use removable drives they cannot be safely removed until WSL distros with automount enabled are shutdown.

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Start by locating the existing .wslconfig configuration and automount handling. Determine how a global automount setting and an option for removable drives would fit the request, then verify that the resulting behavior applies across WSL distributions and permits safe removal when configured.

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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