What about simplify installation folder for WSL?

[angelog0]

I see that my WSL is installed in

CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_1604.2018.510.0_x64__79rhkp1fndgsc

and

AppData/Local/Packages/CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc

On May there was an update that changed the string 1604.2018.510.0_x64__79rhkp1fndgsc and this constrained the users which had a personal link to start WSL to upgrade it too (for example I use MinTTY from MSYS2 and wslbridge to start WSL).

Why not just install in WSL-Ubuntu (or WSL-Debian, WSL-Suse etc.)? After all many apps do not change ther installation directory in their updates...

[therealkenc]

#2348

[Biswa96]

You mentioned two different installation of Ubuntu. This behaviour (folder redirection) was already defined in UWP technology. That folder name can be fetched with Get-AppxPackage in Powershell.

LxssManager.dll itself redirects the installation path at first run only for Windows Store Apps.