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		rashil2000 on Sept 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI `<filename>` from Windows, or `explorer.exe <filename>` from WSL. As simple as that.

ImaCake on Sept 12, 2021 [–]

Hah, I was kinda hoping someone would know a trick I just hadn't found yet! Thanks for this. I set an alias so `open='explorer.exe'` which saves me some typing and muscle memory.

vips7L on Sept 12, 2021 | [–]

If you use powershell

  ii filename

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