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Windows can access WSL2 paths as \\wsl$\Ubuntu-20.04\home\me\scene.blend but I can't type that path into blender's File>Open dialog box (2.93 alpha nightly of 2021-01-18) to load my project into Blender running on windows. Is there another way to load projects from a WSL2 distro (or otherwise use weird NTFS path names like this) into Windows blender? (Other than copying the .blend file to Windows filesystem of course)

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    $\begingroup$ I thought Symlinks might provide a workable solution. Related SU post - superuser.com/questions/1391662/… $\endgroup$
    – Allen Simpson
    Mar 25, 2021 at 18:47
  • $\begingroup$ @AllenSimpson that works great, thanks for the idea! If you convert that to an answer I'll accept it. Specifically, in a cmd.exe window: mklink /d c:\wsl2-home \\wsl$\Ubuntu-20.04\home\me and then open c:/wsl2-home/scene.blend in blender. $\endgroup$
    – GaryO
    Mar 25, 2021 at 23:06
  • $\begingroup$ since you did all the work I'd just post and accept your own answer :) $\endgroup$
    – Allen Simpson
    Mar 25, 2021 at 23:16

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As recommended by @AllenSimpson, the simplest answer is to create a Windows symlink: mklink /d c:\wsl2-home \\wsl$\Ubuntu-20.04\home\me and then in Blender you can open c:/wsl2-home/scene.blend as usual.

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