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From Windows 10 Anniversary update , Microsoft added Windows Subsystem for Linux. Microsoft articles provide Lxrun.exe /install /y or bash.exe commands to install Ubuntu WSL. Then Lxrun.exe downloads Ubuntu userspace from Microsoft server.
So how can I get that download link without connecting to internet?
Biswapriyo
Posted 2017-10-18T18:57:03.387
Reputation: 6 640
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Enable Developer Mode in Settings app (not required from v1709) and Windows SubSystem Linux feature from OptionalFeatures.exe. After rebooting, go to C:\Windows\System32 folder and copy LxRun.exe anywhere.
Download Strings from SysInternals and place strings.exe & LxRun.exe in same folder. Open command prompt, type this command strings.exe LxRun.exe | find "http". See URLs details below.
Open that LxRun.exe in IDA Disassembler. Open Strings Windows with Shift+F12 in IDA. Find the URLs start with https://go.microsoft.com and copy them. See URLs details below.
Find the redirected URLs with Curl --head command. Ubuntu 16.04 link provided in both ver.1703 and ver.1709.
Ubuntu 14.04: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=730581 redirects to https://wsldownload.azureedge.net/14.04.5.3-server-cloudimg-amd64-root.tar.gz
Ubuntu 16.04: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=827586 redirects to https://wsldownload.azureedge.net/16.04.2-server-cloudimg-amd64-root.tar.gz
Ubuntu Icon: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=747853 redirects to https://wsldownload.azureedge.net/ubuntu.ico
Biswapriyo
Posted 2017-10-18T18:57:03.387
Reputation: 6 640