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Camilo Martinez • • Edited

I've tested with start from WSL2 and doesn't work.

start .
zsh: command not found: start
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I think only works with the default Windows console.

I've changed the title to avoid confusion.

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Oğuz Akankan • • Edited
  1. Open your terminal and go to the root path 
cd ~
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  1. open the .zshrc file via 
 nano .zshrc
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And add this alias code at the end of the line:

alias code="/mnt/c/Program\ Files/Microsoft\ VS\ Code/Code.exe
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Save the file (ctrl + x) and exit.

  1. restart your terminal and go into any folder in your terminal and try: 
code .
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