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feat: Add portable WSL distributions support for removable media
obrobrio2000 Oct 2, 2025
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Update src/windows/common/PortableDistribution.cpp
obrobrio2000 Oct 2, 2025
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fix: update message for portable path requirement to include line break
obrobrio2000 Oct 2, 2025
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feat: mark portable distributions in the registry during creation
obrobrio2000 Oct 3, 2025
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feat: update CreatePortableDistribution to manually clean registry wi…
obrobrio2000 Oct 3, 2025
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28 changes: 28 additions & 0 deletions localization/strings/en-US/Resources.resw
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Expand Up @@ -205,6 +205,34 @@ Install using 'wsl.exe {} <Distro>'.
<data name="MessageImportingDistribution" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Importing distribution</value>
</data>
<data name="MessagePortableDistroMounted" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Portable distribution '{}' successfully mounted from '{}'.</value>
<comment>{FixedPlaceholder="{}"}Command line arguments, file names and string inserts should not be translated</comment>
</data>
<data name="MessagePortableDistroMountFailed" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Failed to mount portable distribution from '{}'.</value>
<comment>{FixedPlaceholder="{}"}Command line arguments, file names and string inserts should not be translated</comment>
</data>
<data name="MessagePortableDistroUnmounted" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Portable distribution '{}' successfully unmounted.</value>
<comment>{FixedPlaceholder="{}"}Command line arguments, file names and string inserts should not be translated</comment>
</data>
<data name="MessageNotPortableDistro" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Distribution '{}' is not a portable distribution.</value>
<comment>{FixedPlaceholder="{}"}Command line arguments, file names and string inserts should not be translated</comment>
</data>
<data name="MessagePortableDistroCreated" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Portable distribution '{}' created successfully at '{}'.</value>
<comment>{FixedPlaceholder="{}"}Command line arguments, file names and string inserts should not be translated</comment>
</data>
<data name="MessagePortableDistroCreationFailed" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Failed to create portable distribution at '{}'.</value>
<comment>{FixedPlaceholder="{}"}Command line arguments, file names and string inserts should not be translated</comment>
</data>
<data name="MessagePortablePathNotRemovable" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Portable path must be on removable media: {}&#xA;Use the --allow-fixed flag to allow portable distributions on fixed drives for development/testing.</value>
<comment>{FixedPlaceholder="{}"}{Locked="--allow-fixed "}Command line arguments, file names and string inserts should not be translated</comment>
</data>
<data name="MessageDownloadComplete" xml:space="preserve">
<value>{} has been downloaded.</value>
<comment>{FixedPlaceholder="{}"}Command line arguments, file names and string inserts should not be translated</comment>
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions src/windows/common/CMakeLists.txt
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Expand Up @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ set(SOURCES
helpers.cpp
interop.cpp
ExecutionContext.cpp
PortableDistribution.cpp
socket.cpp
hvsocket.cpp
Localization.cpp
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HandleConsoleProgressBar.h
interop.hpp
ExecutionContext.h
PortableDistribution.h
socket.hpp
hvsocket.hpp
LxssMessagePort.h
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