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Run Terminator terminal (or any WSL GUI) without leaving a windows shell open as parent process
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| So you want to launch a WSL GUI process but not leave a parent terminal that if closed killed your GUI application? | |
| Step 1: Create a Powershell script file to launch your wsl application: | |
| start-process powershell -ArgumentList "wsl.exe -- terminator" -WindowStyle hidden | |
| Save it as something meaningful like terminator.ps1 in this example. | |
| Step 2: Create a Windows shortcut to the Powershell script like below: | |
| C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "terminator.ps1" |