Windows 10 Case-sensitive file names in Windows' Linux subsystem

[oz1cz]

I'm running Windows 10 and I frequently use the Linux subsystem on Windows.

If I use the Linux system to create a folder, the file names in that folder will be case sensitive. This will sometimes confuse Windows programs that access the folder.

Is there a simple way to modify a Linux folder in Windows so that its file names are no longer case sensitive?

 

[Neemobeer]

It's not possible

 

[oz1cz]

Thank you, Neemobeer.

The Windows "fsutil" utility can change the case sensitivity of file names in a single directory, but it won't recurse through a directory tree. I guess your answer means that recursion is not possible.

 

[Neemobeer]

They must of added that for lxss sub system. You could couple that with powershell and recursively set it then

 

[Neemobeer]

Looks like if you try to set it on normal Windows directories it returns "not supported", but you can try the following for your lxsss directories
Obviously change the $RootPath = to your location

$RootPath = "C:\Windows\Temp"

$Directories = Get-ChildItem -Path $RootPath -Directory -Recurse

Foreach($Dir in $Directories)
{
    fsutil.exe file SetCaseSensitiveInfo "$($Dir.FullName)"
}

 

[oz1cz]

Wonderful. Thank you!