Per https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/interop bash.exe has been deprecated in favor of wsl.exe.
They are not completely interchangeable. bash.exe will always start bash. wsl.exe will start whatever shell is configured in /etc/passwd, which may be preferable for, e.g. zsh users.
Per https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/interop bash.exe has been deprecated in favor of wsl.exe.
They are not completely interchangeable. bash.exe will always start bash. wsl.exe will start whatever shell is configured in /etc/passwd, which may be preferable for, e.g. zsh users.