Notes
| 2024-03-12
(updated 2025-10-25)
| 1 min read
#windows
For some reason Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, decided to no longer support moving the taskbar to other edges of the screen with Windows 11.
Using a utility like ExplorerPatcher the whole task bar can be reverted to something close to Windows 10,
including moving it to all screen edges.
Notes
| 2021-08-30
(updated 2025-10-25)
| 1 min read
#windows
#windows-terminal
#wsl
The path you are in when opening a new WSL tab is determined by startingDirectory.
This parameter needs to be a valid Windows path, which isn’t great if we want to end up in /home/kamner inside WSL.
The nice thing about WSL is that it will resolve windows paths into their equivalent WSL/linux path if possible.
For example, C:\Scripts would resolve to /mnt/c/Scripts.
Using this and the neat trick that the WSL filesystem is exposed as a a hidden fileshare ([[technology/windows/wsl-hidden-fileshare]])
we can get to where we want.
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Notes
| 2021-08-30
(updated 2025-10-25)
| 1 min read
#windows
#wsl
WSL file systems get exposed as a hidden share network share:
\\wsl$\<WSL Name>\<path\to\file>
For example, my Debian home folder is at: \\wsl$\Debian\home\kamner
Why Installing PowerShell on Windows May Actually Be a Good Idea
Posts
| 2020-11-28
(updated 2025-10-23)
| 2 min read
#powershell
#windows
Q: Wait a minute! Don’t I already have PowerShell?
A: Yes. However you may want to continue reading because things are never as simple as they appear.
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