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Can't save project inside WSL instance

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Description

  • open remote connection to default WSL instance
  • open windows-ai-studio plugin
  • in step 1 select Project Location to be WSL folder

The project is saved in C:\home\<username>\<project_name> instead.

Step 3 fails to generate project:

Debug: generate-project[0]
   09:24:15.55 0 RunProcess fileName:wsl arguments:[ --exec bash \home\elsaco\ai\phi-2_test\setup\first_time_setup.sh] elevated:False
Error: generate-project[0]
   09:24:15.66 0 RunProcess error:bash: \home\elsaco\ai\phi-2_test\setup\first_time_setup.sh: No such file or directory
Debug: generate-project[0]

VSCode complains that This workspace is on the Windows file system (/mnt/). For best performance, we recommend moving the workspace to the Linux file system (~/home)


Quick workaround: before finalizing step 3 manually move the project folder from C:\home to ~home in WSL instance.

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Research direction

Start by tracing project-location handling in the Windows AI Studio plugin and the Step 3 generate-project entry point, then inspect how the selected WSL path is passed to bash. Done means a project selected in the WSL file system is saved there and setup/first_time_setup.sh runs without falling back to C:\home.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, linux, vscode
Domain
developer-experience, devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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