WSL2 access Linux files from Windows code example

Example 1: wsl2 access folder from windows

Open File Explorer.
Type \\wsl$ in the address bar.
My distro shows up and click on it and you can see the file system

Example 2: windows how to access wsl from explorer

from explorer \\wsl$
from powershell: cd \\wsl$\<DistributionName> 

in my case DistributionName is Ubuntu20.04

Example 3: access wsl files from windows

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\rootfs\

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