Tab completion includes files in the windows system32 folder

[arjunv]

• Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15063]

• Installed keybase package using this method

• Tab completion returns files from the system32 folder as well as linux commands in bash and zsh

[benhillis]

@arjunv - This is expected behavior since your NT %PATH% is appended to your Linux $PATH environment variable. On 15063 you can disable this functionality by setting this registry key:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss]
"AppendNtPath"=dword:00000000

[arjunv]

So how do I get rid of the same? Considering the fact that `system32` folder contains 4000+ files, this would obviously clutter up tab completions big time!

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[therealkenc]

So how do I get rid of the same?
Considering the fact that system32 folder contains 4000+ files, this

Per your screencap, they are mostly .dlls. I suspect you can get most of what you want with:

export FIGNORE=".dll:.DLL"

Or if you don't want system32 in the path to begin with edit the registry like Ben said. For now. That registry cruft really needs to go. Better still edit your .bashrc and set your PATH= to whatever suits, including system32, or not.

[arjunv]

Actually I read and replied @benhillis reply from the notification email. For some reason Github had truncated it to one line.

Editing the registry was the right way for me. But I still think that should be done by default though. This is not an easy thing for a novice to find since most search engines still gets confused when trying to return results for till now polar keywords like bash windows or linux windows. :)

[fpqc]

@benhillis Would be great to include this in wslconfig as a global setting or for the distro distributors to be able to set it in their configurations on a per-distro basis.

[benhillis]

@fpqc - This work is on the backlog.

[fpqc]

Aye aye sir!

[ghost]

Editing the registry was the right way for me. But I still think that should be done by default
though. This is not an easy thing for a novice to find since most search engines still gets
confused when trying to return results for till now polar keywords like bash windows or linux
windows. :)

The github issues, even the ones that are already closed/resolved, work a bit as temporary placeholder for new helpful wiki content. :D