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I'm using WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) Ubuntu 18.04 on Windows 10. I'm also using NetBeans 12.1.

How do I open a project that is located on the WSL filesystem with NetBeans? In Windows Explorer the filesystem is accessible as \\wsl$, but how do I get NetBeans to open that?

Martynas Jusevičius
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As a workaround you could create a shortcut for \wsl$ (on the desktop, e.g.), open the shortcut in the "open project" dialog and navigate from there.

Joachim Rohde
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You can try to mount WSL folder as a network drive.

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For example, I mounted \\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu as U:\ network drive and have access to my projects folder as U:\projects

Projects can now be correctly added to NetBeans and can be worked on.

Tahiaji
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    the solution is working, but the time for displaying external changes is significantly increased – Tahiaji Apr 26 '23 at 09:29