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1515## Start a WSL session
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17<Steps>
18 <Step title="Pick a distribution">
19 Start a new session in the Code tab and open the [environment selector](/docs/en/desktop#start-a-session) under the prompt box, or above it in the [earlier layout](/docs/en/desktop#check-which-layout-you-have). Your installed WSL 2 distributions appear under **WSL**. Pick one.
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17**1. Pick a distribution**
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22 <Step title="Choose a folder">
23 The session starts in the distribution's home directory. Use the folder picker to choose a project folder. Browsing happens inside the distribution, with Linux paths like `/home/you/project`.
24 </Step>
19Start a new session in the Code tab and open the [environment selector](/docs/en/desktop#start-a-session) under the prompt box, or above it in the [earlier layout](/docs/en/desktop#check-which-layout-you-have). Your installed WSL 2 distributions appear under **WSL**. Pick one.
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26 <Step title="Trust the folder">
27 The first session in a folder shows the workspace trust dialog. You grant trust per distribution and folder. A folder you trust in one distribution isn't trusted in another distribution or at the same path on Windows.
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29</Steps>
21**2. Choose a folder**
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23The session starts in the distribution's home directory. Use the folder picker to choose a project folder. Browsing happens inside the distribution, with Linux paths like `/home/you/project`.
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25**3. Trust the folder**
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27The first session in a folder shows the workspace trust dialog. You grant trust per distribution and folder. A folder you trust in one distribution isn't trusted in another distribution or at the same path on Windows.
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3129The first session in a distribution takes a little longer while Claude sets up inside it. You can also open a `\\wsl.localhost\...` folder from the normal folder picker, and it reopens inside that distribution.
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3331## What works in a WSL session
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4038* **[Plugins](/docs/en/desktop#install-plugins)**: not available in WSL sessions
4139* **File editing**: you can view files in the [file pane](/docs/en/desktop#open-and-edit-files) but can't edit them there, so ask Claude to make the changes
4240* **Attachments**: if the **+** menu shows **Add image** in place of **Add files or photos**, you can attach only images. See [Add files and context to prompts](/docs/en/desktop#add-files-and-context-to-prompts).
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44<a id="check-for-the-terminal-and-connectors" />
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4642### If the terminal or connectors are unavailable
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