Live Reload not working in Remote Window (WSL)

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Current behavior

When using VS Code as a remote window connected to WSL (Ubuntu 18.04) the live reload feature of Live Server does not work.

Expected behavior

Live reload to work as it does when not in a remote window connected to WSL.

Environment

Browser:

- [x] Chrome (desktop) version 80.0.3987.163
- [ ] Firefox version XX
- [ ] Safari (desktop) version XX
- [ ] IE version XX
- [ ] Edge version XX

For Tooling issues:

- Live Server: 5.6.1 <!-- Check which version is installed --> 
- Platform: Windows | Ubuntu 18.04 WSL  <!-- Mac, Linux, Windows -->
- Visual Studio Code: 1.45.0-insider <!-- `code --version` -->

Others

When not using a remote window, the live reload feature works.

[ericuxnyc]

To fix this issue go to Settings make sure you’re under Remote[WSL:“your linux distro”] and modify the Live Server>Settings: Advance Custom Browser CMD Line click edit in settings.json it should look like this: “liveServer.settings.AdvanceCustomBrowserCmdLine”: “/mnt/c/Program Files/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe” change the path a needed for Firefox, Edge etc.

It seems the extension is looking within the OS for the browser as installing linux chrome also works, but under wsl its not too good so Id suggest th above fix or maybe adding chrome to the path for linux

[LeDragoX]

To fix this issue go to Settings make sure you’re under Remote[WSL:“your linux distro”] and modify the Live Server>Settings: Advance Custom Browser CMD Line click edit in settings.json it should look like this: “liveServer.settings.AdvanceCustomBrowserCmdLine”: “/mnt/c/Program Files/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe” change the path a needed for Firefox, Edge etc.

Based on this answer, i’ve prepared the config to support 1 browser, you just need to uncomment your preffered browser:

{
  //"liveServer.settings.AdvanceCustomBrowserCmdLine": "/mnt/c/Program Files/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe"
  //"liveServer.settings.AdvanceCustomBrowserCmdLine": "/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft/Edge/Application/msedge.exe"
  //"liveServer.settings.AdvanceCustomBrowserCmdLine": "/mnt/c/Program Files/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Application/brave.exe"
  //"liveServer.settings.AdvanceCustomBrowserCmdLine": "/mnt/c/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe"
  //"liveServer.settings.AdvanceCustomBrowserCmdLine": "/mnt/c/Users/<<USERNAME>>/AppData/Local/Programs/Opera/opera.exe"
  //"liveServer.settings.AdvanceCustomBrowserCmdLine": "/mnt/c/Users/<<USERNAME>>/AppData/Local/Programs/Opera GX/opera.exe"
}

Note - To reach the Opera browsers just rename <<USERNAME>> with your current username. Note² - The Firefox folder may vary depending on the source you’ve installed.