Background image doesn't change even if I change the property

[Agent24015]

Hi, I Have Changed the background image property but it doesn't change the background image,

{ "guid": "{07b52e3e-de2c-5db4-bd2d-ba144ed6c273}", "hidden": false, "name": "Ubuntu", "source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl", "backgroundImage": "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\AppData\\Local\\Packages\\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\\LocalState\\img.jpg" }

[Agent24015]

I have tried restarting Terminal, rebooted my system and tried uninstalling and
reinstalling and set the same property. It still doesn't work!

[Kironb]

I had the same issue after updating to windows version 2004. I am not sure as to why this is happening but I know I can still change the image for my powershell instance.

A workaround to display the image for me was to run wsl through Powershell.

For example, for your settings, I would change it to something like:
{
"guid": "{07b52e3e-de2c-5db4-bd2d-ba144ed6c273}",
"hidden": false,
"name": "Ubuntu",
"commandline": "powershell.exe -Command "wsl"",
"backgroundImage": "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\img.jpg"
}

If Ubuntu isn't your default wsl instance you can just add a -d flag for the distribution you want to run.

[DHowett]

Are either of you using antialiasingMode cleartype?

[Kironb]

No, I am not setting antialiasingMode.

[DHowett]

But is @Agent24015 using antialiasingMode?

[Agent24015]

Nope, I am not using it

[zadjii-msft]

Hey sorry for the delay, but what happens if you try using an image path that's not under C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState? What if you try moving the image to just C:\Users\Administrator\img.jpg?

[Agent24015]

Thanks @zadjii-msft, I did that and it worked, but not sure what the problem actually is

[Agent24015]

I am closing this issue now.

[Lukortech]

The background still doesn't apply even if the image is in another directory in my case.