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🖥️ WSL — Accessing Windows Files from Kali

After installing Kali Linux in WSL, here’s how to access and troubleshoot Windows drive mounting.

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✅ Access Windows Files

By default, WSL mounts your Windows drives under /mnt:

ls /mnt
# Output: c  d  e  wsl  wslg

cd /mnt/c/Users
ls
# Output: akash  'All Users'  Default  Public ...

cd /mnt/c/Users/akash/Desktop

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⚠️ Drives Not Mounted? Fix It

1. Check what’s mounted

ls /mnt

If you don’t see c, d, etc. — drives aren’t mounted.

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2. Enable Automount

sudo nano /etc/wsl.conf

Add these lines:

[automount]
enabled = true
root = /mnt

Then restart WSL:

wsl --shutdown

Relaunch Kali.

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3. Manual Mount (if automount fails)

sudo mount -t drvfs C: /mnt/c
cd /mnt/c/Users/akash/Desktop

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4. Verify Windows Username

Check your actual username in C:\Users\ from Windows File Explorer — it may differ from what you expect.

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5. General Restart Fix

wsl --shutdown
wsl

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📂 Navigate to Your Desktop

cd /mnt/c/Users
ls                          # find your username
cd /mnt/c/Users/akash/Desktop
ls                          # list desktop files

💡 Replace akash with your actual Windows username.

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