Remove Windows Path From WSL 2 Distro

Check current PATH variable

echo $PATH

You may see paths from your Windows setup such as “/mnt/c/Program Files/…..”

WSL utilizes the file /etc/wsl.conf to configure its setup. Add the following settings to the file to ignore Windows path variable.

[interop]
appendWindowsPath = false

For effect restart the WSL instance

wsl --shutdown

Or

wsl -t <Distribution>