WSLUPATH(1)

💅 wslupath — WSL Utilities (the DEPRECATED one, bestie)

okay so real talk first: this is wslupath(DEPRECATED), a component of WSL Utilities. Yes. Deprecated. It still exists, it still works, but it's giving "senior who graduated and still comes back to visit" energy. 💀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

wslupath [-dOr] [-D|-A|-T|-S|-W|-s|-su|-H|-P|...NAME...]

0 [-h|-v|-R]

yes, that second line starts with a literal 0. we don't make the rules, we just vibe with them. 🫶

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This is a WSL Windows path Converter — it takes a Windows path and converts it into other styles of path. That's it, that's the whole gig. Lowkey iconic for it. ✨

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🎀 COMMANDS 🎀

💖 Output Type Options

Without a type, it will detect the path style automatically. Main character behavior, honestly. 👑

• -O, --original — print the original (Windows) form of the path, like C:\Windows\System32 🪟
• -d, --doubledash-dir — print the Windows form of the path but with double backslashes, like C:\\Windows\\System32 — yes, doubled, that's the whole point, slay 💅
• -r, --reg-data — use the registry data to print the path (run wslpath -R to know more) 🔥

🦋 System Path

• -D, --desktop — print the desktop path and exit 🖥️
• -A, --appdata — print the AppData path (%APPDATA%) and exit
• -T, --temp — print the temp path (%TMP%) and exit 🌡️
• -S, --sysdir — print the system path and exit
• -W, --windir — print the Windows path and exit
• -s, --start-menu — print the Start Menu path and exit 🌟
• -su, --startup — print the Startup path and exit 🚀
• -H, --home — print the user home path (%HOMEPATH%) and exit 🏠
• -P, --program-files — print the Program Files path (%ProgramFiles%) and exit 📁

🌈 Other Options

• -h, --help — print a simple help 🫶
• -v, --version — print the current version
• -R, --avail-reg — print available registry input 🔍

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Created by Patrick Wu <me@patrickwu.space> — we stan a legend. 💜

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😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

Report bugs to <https://github.com/wslutilities/wslu/issues>; For Ubuntu specific/related bugs, report to <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wslu>.

⚠️ BUT — keep in mind this tool is deprecated, and bugs reported for this tool will have a high chance to be ignored. not "might", will have a high chance. so like… manage expectations, bestie. 🙈

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🍓 COPYRIGHT 🍓

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3 or (at your option) any later version. There is NO warranty; not even MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. zero. none. ngl that's on you. 💀

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• wslvar(1)
• wslu(7)

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okay that's the whole page, you're officially educated ✨ this was 4.1.4-1, dated 2026-05-01, brought to you by WSL Utilities — now go convert some paths, you absolute icon 🦋💖