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Share Environment Vars between WSL and Windows

December 22, 2017 Dec 22, 2017 12/22/17
Craig Wilhite
Hey WSL users—we have more features to share with you! Our latest Windows Insider build lets you share environment variables between WSL and Windows. Starting with Build 17063, let’s look at how you can leverage the new “WSLENV” to enhance environmental variable interop between Win32/WSL. Summary For the pros who’ve already heard ...

A Guide to Invoking WSL

November 28, 2017 Nov 28, 2017 11/28/17
Craig Wilhite
There are a variety of ways to invoke the Windows Subsystem for Linux from Windows commandlines and they all behave a little differently. Let’s get to the bottom of it.    “wsl” The first (and recommended!) method will start up your default distro. Additionally, it starts the distro in the current working directory where you invoke ...

WSL & Console team ch…ch…ch…chaaaaanges!

October 12, 2017 Oct 12, 2017 10/12/17
Rich Turner
(image) Dear friends of WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux, nee "Bash on [Ubuntu on] Windows") & Windows Console: I would like to share with you some changes to our org' that will benefit WSL, Windows Console and the Windows command-line in general moving forward. After shipping a major new release, Microsoft often shuffles teams and ...

Introducing the Windows Console Colortool

August 11, 2017 Aug 11, 2017 08/11/17
Craig Loewen
Last week we announced the exciting news that Windows Console has a new default color scheme, and also promised you that we would release a tool to make it easier to change the console to your desired scheme. The Windows Console team is proud to present the 'Colortool' which you can use to apply the new default color scheme, and several ...

Updating the Windows Console Colors

August 2, 2017 Aug 2, 2017 08/2/17
Craig Loewen
In another blockbuster post, our Summer 2017 Intern, @craigaloewen unveils a subtle, but important improvement to the Console in Windows 10 build 16257. I know many of you have been asking for this! Over to you Craig ... The Windows Console's colors are getting their first overhaul in more than 20 years! Hurray! The default color values ...

How to Determine What Just Ran on Windows Console

July 28, 2017 Jul 28, 2017 07/28/17
Rich Turner
Ever wonder what was run in that Console window that briefly appeared on your screen? In this guest post, Craig Loewen - our awesome summer intern explains how you can find out what command-line applications run on your machine. Over to you Craig ... [This article includes samples from Nathan Gau’s Blog on Using SCOM to Capture Suspicious...