Windows Command Line

Re-Open-Sourcing MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0

September 28, 2018 Sep 28, 2018 09/28/18

Rich Turner

(image) In March 2014, Microsoft released the source code to MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 via the Computer History Museum. The announcement also contains a brief history of how MS-DOS came to be for those new to the subject, and ends with many links to related articles and resources for those interested in learning more. Today, we're re-open-sourcing...

Using WSL in an Enterprise

September 7, 2018 Sep 7, 2018 09/7/18

Craig Loewen

Recently, customers in an enterprise environment have asked if there is a way to install WSL without an internet connection. These companies had some machines that would benefit from having WSL, but don't have an internet connection for security, logistics, or other reasons. Enter: The Microsoft Store for Business We (the WSL team) took a ...

Windows Command-Line: Introducing the Windows Pseudo Console (ConPTY)

August 2, 2018 Aug 2, 2018 08/2/18

Rich Turner

In this, the fourth post in the Windows Command-Line series, we'll discuss the new Windows Pseudo Console (ConPTY) infrastructure and API - why we built it, what it's for, how it works, how to use it, and more.

Windows Command-Line: Inside the Windows Console

July 20, 2018 Jul 20, 2018 07/20/18

Rich Turner

Welcome to the third post in the Windows Command-Line series. In this post, we'll start to dig into the internals of the Windows Console and Command-Line, what it is, what it does ... and what it doesn't do!

A Guide to Upgrading your Ubuntu App’s Release

July 9, 2018 Jul 9, 2018 07/9/18

Tara Raj

Canonical recently released Ubuntu 18.04 in the Microsoft Store. We received many questions around the various Ubuntu releases in the Store in addition to how best to upgrade your existing releases. With the help of our friends at Canonical, we have created a guide to upgrading your Ubuntu release. We will soon add a short-form version of this...

Windows Command-Line: The Evolution of the Windows Command-Line

June 27, 2018 Jun 27, 2018 06/27/18

Rich Turner

Welcome to the second post in this "Windows Command-Line" series. In this post we'll discuss some of the background & history behind the Windows Command-Line. Specifically, we’ll explore its humble origins in MS-DOS, to its modern-day incarnation supporting tools like PowerShell and Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Windows Command-Line: Backgrounder

June 20, 2018 Jun 20, 2018 06/20/18

Rich Turner

This is the first of a series of posts in which we’ll explore all things command-line – from the origins of the command-line and the evolution of the terminal, to what we’re doing to overhaul and modernize the Windows Console & command-line in future Windows releases.

Improved per-directory case sensitivity support in WSL

June 14, 2018 Jun 14, 2018 06/14/18

Sven Groot

With the Windows Subsystem for Linux, we’ve always allowed you to treat your files as case sensitive, just like Linux does. In the past, if you had files whose name differed only by case, these files could not be accessed by Windows, because Windows applications treat the file system as case insensitive. A while ago, we introduced per-...

Windows Subsystem for Linux //Build 2018 Recap

May 15, 2018 May 15, 2018 05/15/18

Tara Raj

Last week, the WSL team attended Microsoft //Build 2018. We had a great time meeting many of you and answering questions at the command line booth. In case you missed it, you can watch out session, Set up a Windows Dev Environment that Feels Like $HOME, online on Channel9. In this post, we will summarize the NEW announcement we made during //...

Join us for a hot cup o Chocolatey!

May 8, 2018 May 8, 2018 05/8/18

Yosef Durr

Setting up a dev box should be easy and fast.  At BUILD 2018 we announced a collaboration with Chocolatey and Boxstarter.  The project founders discuss the collaboration in the following video. Improving Machine Setup Have you set up a new dev machine and found it was frustrating or time consuming?  It's important to have a repeatable, ...