WSL mode: not able create folder or file via copilot cli

[tanghoong]

Describe the bug

I instructed copilot to create the files and folders on Desktop folder, but it returns an unhandled error for executing the commands.

Affected version

0.0.328

Steps to reproduce the behavior

No response

Expected behavior

No response

Additional context

• Operating System: Window 11
• Shell Windows Terminal > WSL > zsh
• Node: 24.9.0
• NPM: 11.6.1
• Copilot: 0.0.328

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Unhandled error: Error: /mnt/c/Users/user/CONFIG~1/herd/bin/nvm/v24.7.0/node_modules/@github/copi
lot/node_modules/node-pty/build/Release/pty.node: invalid ELF header

● Let me use bash to explore the directory structure first:

✗ List contents of current directory
$ ls -la

● Let me try a different approach to check the directory:

✗ Check current directory and look for existing documentation files
$ pwd && find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name ".md" -o -name ".txt" -o -name "README*" | head -10

● Let me try using the file editor directly to create the files:

✗ Create copilot-cli-instructions.md
/mnt/c/Users/user/Desktop/GithubCopilot/copilot-cli-instructions.md
Unhandled error: Error: /mnt/c/Users/user/CONFIG~1/herd/bin/nvm/v24.7.0/node_modules/@github/copi
lot/node_modules/node-pty/build/Release/pty.node: invalid ELF header

[RyanHecht]

Hi @tanghoong -- does this only happen when writing to the mounted Windows filesystem?