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Registry file: Add WSL Ubuntu Bash to the context menu of folders in File Explorer.
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| Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 | |
| ; Delete directories under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console, then run this | |
| ; Examples: https://gist.github.com/P4/4245793 | |
| [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console] | |
| "WindowAlpha"=dword:000000cd | |
| "DefaultBackground"=dword:00000000 | |
| ; black dgray | |
| "ColorTable00"=dword:00141414 | |
| "ColorTable08"=dword:00808080 | |
| ; blue lblue | |
| "ColorTable01"=dword:00800000 | |
| "ColorTable09"=dword:00ff4040 | |
| ; green lgreen | |
| "ColorTable02"=dword:00008000 | |
| "ColorTable10"=dword:0000ff00 | |
| ; cyan lcyan | |
| "ColorTable03"=dword:00808000 | |
| "ColorTable11"=dword:00ffff00 | |
| ; red lred | |
| "ColorTable04"=dword:000000a0 | |
| "ColorTable12"=dword:000000ff | |
| ; magenta lmagenta | |
| "ColorTable05"=dword:00800080 | |
| "ColorTable13"=dword:00ff00ff | |
| ; yellow lyellow | |
| "ColorTable06"=dword:00008080 | |
| "ColorTable14"=dword:0000ffff | |
| ; lgray white | |
| "ColorTable07"=dword:00c0c0c0 | |
| "ColorTable15"=dword:00ffffff |
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| Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 | |
| [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\ubuntu_bash_here] | |
| [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\ubuntu_bash_here] |
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| Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 | |
| ; Add WSL Ubuntu Bash to the context menu of folders in File Explorer. | |
| ; Setup: Use program "everything" to find wsl.ico, and copy it to %userprofile%. | |
| [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\ubuntu_bash_here] | |
| [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\ubuntu_bash_here] | |
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\ubuntu_bash_here] | |
| @="ba&sh" | |
| "Icon"="%userprofile%\\wsl.ico" | |
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\ubuntu_bash_here\command] | |
| @="wsl cd \"$(wslpath \"%L\")\" && bash" | |
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\ubuntu_bash_here] | |
| @="ba&sh" | |
| "Icon"="%userprofile%\\wsl.ico" | |
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\ubuntu_bash_here\command] | |
| @="wsl" |
If anyone wants to use powershell instead of cmd for supporting some symbols by default, you can change the commands in that reg file to powershell.exe -noexit -command "& wsl.exe --cd '%V'"
hi, how do I change the transparency of the bash?
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thank you brother for taking the time to do this.