I just used the $env:USERPROFILE because it's guaranteed (or at least should be) to always return your user profile directory in Windows, so the result should be something like C:\Users\<your_windows_user_name>\wsl\coniferous_ubuntu_old.
The actual location doesn't matter, but I find the user profile directory is a good, reliable option for a lot of people. D:\WSL\... would also be acceptable, if you have a good fast D: drive.
The $env: is the PowerShell method for getting an environment variable. Some other examples are $env:COMPUTERNAME and $env:USERNAME. So the same directory will typically be accessible at C:\Users\$env:USERNAME\WSL.
But there's no reason you can't just "hard-code" your profile name. I just don't know for sure what your Windows username is, so I go with the $env:... to be safe.
Keep in mind that @ tagging will send a notification even if I happen to not be looking at this chat room ...
Ohh.. I get the syntax now. I didn't understand that the $env was just applying to USERNAME and thought it was doing something weird like registering the path to environment variables somehow
Also, again, thank you so much for your help with all of this... I really appreciate it... And for showing me chats on here! I was looking for a way to do this
So, for this command... Get-ChildItem HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss\ | ForEach-Object { (Get-ItemProperty $_.PSPATH) | Where-Object { $_.DistributionName -eq "Ubuntu-18.04" } } | Tee-Object -Variable ubuntuDist
Should it still be Ubuntu-18.04 if I'm not seeing that when I run wsl --list? I am seeing coniferous_ubuntu, though
@coniferous Sorry, in and out (some serious medical issues going on with a family memory - We're talking brain surgery :-/ ). So if I disappear for a bit ...
Yes, that's true - The Ubuntu-18.04 was from the first question.
