You can access Windows Subsystem for Linux files using Explorer on Windows 11/10. Open Explorer from WSL Terminal or launch the root from Explorer.

DiskInternals Linux Reader lets you read files from Ex2/3/4, UFS2, HFS and ReiserFS/4 Linux file systems which are not natively supported on Windows 11/10.

You see, Windows 11 (and 10) uses the NTFS file system while Linux can use EXT4, BTRFS, ZFS, and others. The issue is that Linux supports the NTFS file system, but Windows doesn’t support any of ...

Most Linux distributions use the ext4 file system, so you’ll need a third-party utility that supports ext4 file systems on Windows if you want to access your Linux file system from Windows.

Earlier this year Microsoft shared its plans to integrate a full Linux kernel in Windows 10 — now it’s introducing Linux file access into the File Explorer.

Unfortunately, Windows did not have support for these Linux file systems—until now. Paragon Software now sells Linux File Systems for Windows (see figure) for under $20/system.

The way the Linux file system is laid out makes perfect sense. I've been using Linux for so many years that I can't imagine another file system making more sense. When I consider how the Windows ...

Not familiar with Linux? The reason why the concept of the file system might seem foreign is that neither MacOS nor Windows offers options with regard to choosing which file system you want to use.