Support mounting .vhdx in the WSL Settings app (GUI)

[whatbh]

Problem

WSL requires manual mounting for Linux file systems and VHD images due to the lack of automatic recognition. Hence, the wsl --mount come in handy for for these frequent chores, but the job is tedious, as usual.

It requires identifying the DeviceID and then invoking wsl --mount component:

GET-CimInstance -query "SELECT * from Win32_DiskDrive"
wsl --mount <DeviceID> --partition <Partition> --type <Filesystem>

or for VHD

wsl --mount --vhd <pathToVHD>

Solution

A built-in GUI for mounting in the WSL Settings app would be a valuable addition. I would love to see a dialog box featuring clickable options for selecting Linux disks/partitions, a custom option to enter the path to a VHD image, along with a button to mount the chosen item.

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View similar issues

Please view the issues below to see if they solve your problem, and if the issue describes your problem please consider closing this one and thumbs upping the other issue to help us prioritize it!

Open similar issues:

• Automount vhdx disk images via [automount] settings .wslconfig , wsl.conf (#11187), similarity score: 0.76
• Configuration Options for Mounting Physical Drive(s) or VHDX(s) when WSL Starts (#11029), similarity score: 0.73

Closed similar issues:

• Elegantly mount additional virtual hard disks in WSL2 (#12333), similarity score: 0.74

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Found '/feature', adding tag 'feature'