**NOTE: After re-installing WSL, node/npm is spouting errors on permissions on the filesystem
sudo umount /mnt/c sudo mount -t drvfs C: /mnt/c -o metadata
Seen from here: microsoft/WSL#1932
- Go to "Windows Defender Security Center" via start menu or searching after pressing the Windows key.
- Click on "Virus & threat protection".
- Click on "Virus & thread protection settings".
- Scroll down to "Exclusions" then click "Add an exclusion" > "Process".
Apt
Bash
Dpkg
Init
Sudo
Apt-get
Node
Postgres
Python
Ubuntu
You may also add the whole lxss directory as a "folder exclusion", typically located at c:\Users\[youruser]\AppData\Local\lxss