WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)

Tips and notes for working with WSL.

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Attaching a USB Device

USB devices are not automatically forwarded into a WSL instance. The usbipd tool handles the attachment.

One-time setup — bind the device as Administrator in PowerShell:

usbipd bind --busid <BUSID>

This survives host reboots but only needs to be done once per device.

Each WSL session — attach the device as a regular user in PowerShell:

usbipd attach --wsl --busid <BUSID>

Find the BUSID with usbipd list.

Note

The bind step requires an Administrator shell. The attach step works from a regular user shell because the WSL instance runs under your local user account.