These environments treat your Windows user folder as their /home directory, so you’ll find .bashrc side-by-side with your Windows documents. The confusion arises because Windows 11 runs Bash in two fundamentally different ways:
| Tool | File System | .bashrc lives in | |------|-------------|--------------------| | | Virtual Linux | \\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\username\ | | Git Bash | Native Windows | C:\Users\username\ | | MSYS2 | Hybrid | C:\msys64\home\username\ | bashrc file location windows 11
C:\Users\YourWindowsUsername\.bashrc
When you launch WSL, you land in your Linux home directory: These environments treat your Windows user folder as
And for the love of automation—back up your .bashrc before experimenting. One wrong PS1 variable can turn your prompt into a binary novel. bashrc file location windows 11
C:\msys64\home\YourWindowsUsername\.bashrc (for MSYS2)