# Can't find the installed extensions in the sidebar of Cursor + WSL2.

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-find-the-installed-extensions-in-the-sidebar-of-cursor-wsl2/65950>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [March 18, 2025, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-find-the-installed-extensions-in-the-sidebar-of-cursor-wsl2/65950 "2025-03-18T07:20:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![XePope](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/xepope/32/37682_2.png) [@XePope](https://forum.cursor.com/u/XePope)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-find-the-installed-extensions-in-the-sidebar-of-cursor-wsl2/65950/1 "2025-03-18T07:20:40Z")

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I’m using Windows 10 with WSL2, and the Linux distribution within WSL2 is Ubuntu. In Visual Studio Code, the sidebar can detect and display the extensions installed in the remote environment. However, in Cursor, the sidebar fails to discover these extensions. Nevertheless, in the extension installation and search interface of Cursor, the extensions in the remote environment are shown to be operating normally.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/6/2/62cd56d8969b4ba448da19d85127229b8048b68b.jpeg)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/7/7/77ba7da0e4e9f6510ba70da4f5fedb363e3e5851.png)

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-find-the-installed-extensions-in-the-sidebar-of-cursor-wsl2/65950/2 "2025-03-18T07:36:08Z")

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Hey, what happens if you right-click on the activity bar?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/7/e/7e02a4469601581d4fb550c8a2a7a341d44b8a6c.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![XePope](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/xepope/32/37682_2.png) [@XePope](https://forum.cursor.com/u/XePope)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-find-the-installed-extensions-in-the-sidebar-of-cursor-wsl2/65950/3 "2025-03-21T09:36:52Z")

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I tried it, but I can’t find the installed extensions in the right-click menu.

You can see my first screenshot, all connected to the same remote Ubuntu, VScode shows significantly more extensions than Cursor.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cant-find-the-installed-extensions-in-the-sidebar-of-cursor-wsl2/65950/4 "2025-04-20T09:36:58Z")

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