How to open Windows Ubuntu (WSL) in cmder from a specific directory

Updated 4/22/2019! My old config stopped working…

cmder integrated context menu customization into the Settings panel and I was able to get Git Bash to work, but Windows Ubuntu (aka WSL) kept opening in my $HOME directory although I wanted it to open in a specific directory after right clicking inside of a specific folder and selecting “Ubuntu Here”. After a lot of trial and error I got this to work.

Old setting

In Settings > Startup > Tasks, I already had a task for using Ubuntu labeled {ubuntu} set this way (shown through the screenshot):

In Settings > Integration: I’d already created a menu item called “Ubuntu Here” and with this setting (which works just find for git bash):

• Command: {ubuntu} -cur_console:n:d:”%V”

New setting

In Startup > Tasks, I created a new task and labeled it {wsl::here} and added this command (you can label yours whatever you’d like): %windir%\system32\wsl.exe -new_console

Then back in Integration settings: I changed the command for “Ubuntu Here” to just point to that newly created startup task: Command: {wsl::here}

Make sure you select the “Register” button before saving. If you don’t, it won’t actually save.

My settings panel screenshots are below:

This worked, but I’m open to other ideas.

I went through some GH tickets and an extensive google search and couldn’t find anything that answered my questions but good ole time wasting trial & error worked wonders.

Bonus: my settings panel screenshots are below:

And this is my setting for opening WSL from cmder in the Linux home directory instead of the Windows one.

• https://github.com/cmderdev/cmder/issues/1163
• https://github.com/cmderdev/cmder/issues/1063
• https://conemu.github.io/en/BashOnWindows.html
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21852965/open-in-conemu-right-click-menu-windows-7