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AddBashonUbuntuonWindowsToContextMenu.md

Add Bash on Ubuntu on Windows to context menu

Bash on Ubuntu on Windows (installation instructions) is a Linux Subsystem for Windows.

To add it to the Windows right click context menu, perform the following steps:

• Open regedit from the run menu Win + R.

• Under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell create a key called Bash on Ubuntu on Windows.

• Now add a string value to this key called Icon with a path to the desired icon "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\lxss\bash.ico" (including quotes).

• Create a new key called Command under Bash on Ubuntu on Windows.

• Change the default value to the path where your bash.exe is, like C:\Windows\System32\bash.exe.

Based on how Git Bash inserts the GUI and Bash into the context menu, you have the option to have the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell to have a more consistent name like ubuntu_bash (no spaces) and have the default value of the key have the [unquoted] displayed name.

Post the Fall Creators Update, the path for lxss has changed. Please update the steps

@aryan-02, I found the icon at %localappdata%\lxss\bash.ico

Hi, is there anyway to create context menu when "right click on folder items"?
The current version is working when using windows explorer, but in some explorer alternatives (xyplorer) the current method is not working because it has its own context menu.

With Windows 10, Version 1903 I don't need to do all these steps anymore. If you right click in a fodler while holding the shift key, an option Open Linux-Shell here appears.

But is there a way to set it so you don't have to use shift?

Change the directory to that as well:
wsl.exe --distribution Ubuntu-20.04 --cd "%V"

(Working on 19042.421)

Change the directory to that as well:
wsl.exe --distribution Ubuntu-20.04 --cd "%V"

(Working on 19042.421)

Thanks bro, Better yet, open it with Windows Terminal:

wt -p "Ubuntu18" wsl.exe -d Ubuntu18 -u myusername --cd "%V"

I couldn't find the ubuntu icon in the system, so I downloaded it from here in ico format. https://iconarchive.com/show/simply-styled-icons-by-dakirby309/OS-Ubuntu-icon.html