Where is /home directory on windows?

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How do you find ubuntu's home directory on windows? I've tried searching through windows file explorer by typing ubuntu/home nothing shows up. Does anybody have any suggestions? Thanks for all your help in advance.

Are you referring to Ubuntu App on Windows a.k.a. WSL? If yes, then this might help [Where is the Ubuntu file system root directory in Windows Subsystem for Linux and vice versa?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/759880/where-is-the-ubuntu-file-system-root-directory-in-windows-subsystem-for-linux-an) `/home` is inside `/` or `root` which in turn is in LocalAppData — Kulfy, Oct 10 '19 at 18:28

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 11 '19 at 00:29

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The equivalent of Ubuntu's ~/ (a.k.a. /home/yourusername/) in Windows 10 is C:\Users\yourusername\.

edited Oct 11 '19 at 00:29

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answered Oct 10 '19 at 20:51

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 10 '19 at 18:27

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The equivalent is C:\Users\

So for you, your home directory would be here:

C:\Users\shushimo

answered Oct 10 '19 at 18:27

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 10 '19 at 18:27

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Windows can’t read Linux partitions. That is why you couldn't find the home directory of Ubuntu.

Instead, you could install third-party softwares to do that, like Ext2Fsd, DiskInternals Linux Reader and so on.

Reference: https://www.howtogeek.com/112888/3-ways-to-access-your-linux-partitions-from-windows/

answered Oct 10 '19 at 18:27

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CAUTION: Ext2Fsd is known to cause data corruption on Ubuntu. – mchid Oct 10 '19 at 18:35

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 10 '19 at 18:25

I believe I can safely assume that there is no /home directory on Windows. It probably depends on which Windows OS you are talking about. I think Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 has a /home directory, however. In case I am wrong (I probably am) I suggest waiting for another answer.

Where is /home directory on windows?

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