Why Windows can’t follow WSL symlinks

By Yarden Shafir

Did you know that symbolic links (or symlinks) created through Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) can’t be followed by Windows?

I recently encountered this rather frustrating issue as I’ve been using WSL for my everyday work over the last few months. No doubt others have noticed it as well, so I wanted to document it for anyone who may be seeking answers.

Let’s look at an example of the issue. I’ll use Ubuntu as my Linux client …

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