Set-Location \\wsl$\Ubuntu throws an error

Steps to reproduce

• execute when wsl2 is up and running

  Set-Location \\wsl$\Ubuntu
  

Expected behavior

• successfully changes directory

PS Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::\\wsl$\Ubuntu>

Actual behavior

• throws an error

Set-Location : Cannot process argument because the value of argument "path" is not valid. Change the value of the "path" argument and run the operation again.                                                                                  At line:1 char:1
+ Set-Location \\wsl$\Ubuntu
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-Location], PSArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Argument,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetLocationCommand

Environment data

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      6.2.2
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    6.2.2
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.18956
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Note: Same behavior on 7.0.0-preview.2, but everything is working on Windows Powershell 5.1

[archilkarchava]

Cmd doesn’t support UNC paths as far as i know. But powershell.exe (5.1) works.

[rkeithhill]

It also seems that PowerShell is smart about not interpreting $ as the start of a variable if the next character is invalid in a variable name.