Command line arguments don't get passed to Windows executables via interop

[K900]

Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22000.593]

WSL Version

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

WSL version: 0.58.0.0

Distro Version

NixOS

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

Run /init /mnt/c/Windows/explorer.exe C:

Expected Behavior

An Explorer window opens showing the contents of C:.

Actual Behavior

An Explorer window opens showing the default page (either Quick Start or This PC).

Diagnostic Logs

This seems to have started with the last WSL Preview update.

[shinji257]

Try taking /init out of that. Per the documentation you only need to call the executable directly and I don't know where /init comes into the picture. I tested with /mnt/c/Windows/explorer.exe C: and explorer.exe C: and it worked fine showing up at the root of the C drive as expected.

[bertrandboudaud]

I'm getting the same issue as described.
for example notepad.exe d:\test.txt will just open notepad with empty new page
Is Command line arguments supported only after from a specific version?

[NotTheDr01ds]

I'm getting the same issue as described

Are you sure? The equivalent of the issue as described would be running /init notepad.exe d:\test.txt. And are you running NixOS as your distribution like in the original question?

It sounds like you may have a different issue, but if so, I'm not sure what's going on. notepad.exe d:\text.txt works for me, and that's a feature that's worked for years on WSL.

What does your wsl --version show (if anything)?

[bertrandboudaud]

Hi,,

You're right my context is not exacly the same as the original report.

• I don't use /init, my command is just "notepad.exe d:\test.txt" (i tested with other applications. i noticed that while i wanted to launch the windows python with some script as parameter.
• I'm using ubuntu Linux DTDKCPHPW200344-wsl 5.10.43.3-microsoft-standard-wsl2+

This is what wsl --version shows:

WSL version: 1.0.3.0
Kernel version: 5.15.79.1
WSLg version: 1.0.47
MSRDC version: 1.2.3575
Direct3D version: 1.606.4
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.19042.2604

thanks,