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[wsl] open \\wsl$\.. directly in Remote WSL

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Since Nov 10, 2020.

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Description

I have my Windows Explorer opened via into my WSL2 directory /home/frank/src/project, so in the address bar it says \\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\frank\src\project.

When I right-click and select Open with Code the project is opened on that network share and not directly with the WSL-Remote extension.

Obviously I can use Reopen folder in WSL but VSCode and the plugin should be smart enough to do that directly.

Note that at the moment you need to browse to \\wsl$ shares manually but in Windows 10 build 19603 the WSL integration in the Explorer was improved: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2020/04/08/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-19603/

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