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opened 2026-01-31 08:42:11 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @chansey97 on GitHub (Jul 13, 2025).

Windows Terminal version

1.22.11141.0

Windows build number

10.0.26100.4652

Other Software

WSL1
WSL2

Steps to reproduce

I was setting up multiple WSL distribution instances as the following method:

wsl --export Ubuntu ubuntu_base.tar
wsl --import Ubuntu_export1 e:/wsl/Ubuntu_export1 ./ubuntu_base.tar

The process of the export and import is successful and works fine.

Close the terminal and open it again.

The terminal popup a dialogue message:

Found a profile with an invalid "icon". 
Defaulting that profile to have no icon. Make sure that when setting an "icon", the value is a valid file path to an image.

Reason

Open the terminal settings, the Ubuntu_export1 profile (which was generated automatically) shows that:

Icon \\?\E:\wsl\Ubuntu_export1\shortcut.ico

Workaround

Modify

Icon \\?\E:\wsl\Ubuntu_export1\shortcut.ico

to

Icon E:\wsl\Ubuntu_export1\shortcut.ico

Then everything is OK

P.S. Both WSL1 and WSL2 distribution has the same problem.

Expected Behavior

No the dialogue message.

Actual Behavior

The terminal popup a dialogue message:

Found a profile with an invalid "icon". 
Defaulting that profile to have no icon. Make sure that when setting an "icon", the value is a valid file path to an image.
Originally created by @chansey97 on GitHub (Jul 13, 2025). ### Windows Terminal version 1.22.11141.0 ### Windows build number 10.0.26100.4652 ### Other Software WSL1 WSL2 ### Steps to reproduce I was setting up multiple WSL distribution instances as the following method: ``` wsl --export Ubuntu ubuntu_base.tar wsl --import Ubuntu_export1 e:/wsl/Ubuntu_export1 ./ubuntu_base.tar ``` The process of the export and import is successful and works fine. Close the terminal and open it again. The terminal popup a dialogue message: ``` Found a profile with an invalid "icon". Defaulting that profile to have no icon. Make sure that when setting an "icon", the value is a valid file path to an image. ``` #### Reason Open the terminal settings, the Ubuntu_export1 profile (which was generated automatically) shows that: **Icon** `\\?\E:\wsl\Ubuntu_export1\shortcut.ico` #### Workaround Modify **Icon** `\\?\E:\wsl\Ubuntu_export1\shortcut.ico` to **Icon** `E:\wsl\Ubuntu_export1\shortcut.ico` Then everything is OK P.S. Both WSL1 and WSL2 distribution has the same problem. ### Expected Behavior No the dialogue message. ### Actual Behavior The terminal popup a dialogue message: ``` Found a profile with an invalid "icon". Defaulting that profile to have no icon. Make sure that when setting an "icon", the value is a valid file path to an image. ```
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