Plugin doesn't seem to work if /mnt/c is not available

[mfsysprog]

I prefer not to mount the windows filesystem from WSL by default, so I have the following in /etc/wsl.conf:

[automount]
# do not mount under /mnt/c by default
enabled=false

When trying to install the WSL plugin this leads to:

[2025-11-27 14:19:02.254] wsl: Failed to translate 'c:\Users\<username>\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl-0.104.3'
[2025-11-27 14:19:02.254] sh: 1: /scripts/wslServer.sh: not found
[2025-11-27 14:19:02.254] For help with startup problems, go to https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/troubleshooting#_wsl-tips
[2025-11-27 14:46:01.594] Update check by another window detected, skipping.

I hoped that by enabling the automount, installing the plugin and subsequently disabling the automount again it would work, but it seems the plugin requires the windows filesystem to be mounted.

Is there any way to circumvent this issue?