Accessing Linux files from Windows (host) Explorer

Question

I have just installed WSL with Ubuntu 18.04. I am running Windows 10 Pro on inside track with version 18922.rs_prerelease.190614-1427

I used this guide:

Then I converted the WLS to WSL2 using this guide:

PS correctly shows my distro running in WSL2:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> wsl --list --verbose
  NAME            STATE           VERSION
* Ubuntu-18.04    Running         2

I am using git on the distro and have created new SSH-keys. I need to access the key files (at least to copy them) from Windows.

I thought I could write

$explorer .

as described here:

And there is no "Tux icon" in my "Networks section" as described here:

So what do I do ... how do I access the files from Windows?

This isn't a programming question. It belongs on Super User. — ifconfig
Yeah, I realize this ... but Microsoft themselves encourage users to come to this site with this tag (WSL) to get help using WSL(2). I kind of assumed that it would be OK then :-). I found the answer over here, btw: stackoverflow.com/questions/56334461/… — Jesper Lund Stocholm
The intent with that was to facilitate programming questions with WSL integration. — ifconfig

mpromonet mpromonet · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-20T12:19:19

To access to your root distro you could use :

explorer \\wsl$\Ubuntu-18.04