Win10 Start Menu Tile background not honored

Previously the wide tile was orange with the Ubuntu written logo, now it's just a stressed logo with a white background that looks bad.

Same problem after update to 21H2.

Yep. This is ugly. Please fix.

Similarly reported on https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/txgtk9/im_sorry_but_this_icon_of_ubuntu_on_wsl2_is/

It seems that they have replaced the "Ubuntu on Windows" app with an entirely new one which includes the newly redesigned logo, In fact the old app is no longer searchable on the Microsoft Store.

I was able to install the new app and then remove the old one without losing any data in WSL.

Old: https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9NBLGGH4MSV6
New: https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9PDXGNCFSCZV

I have no idea why this isn't just a standard app update...

I hate this icon so much that I would like to do the same thing Alex thomson did, but I am afraid to mess up my WSL installation...

Hi, thanks for your report.

"Ubuntu on Windows" is an old, no-longer-supported app. To enjoy any support, please use "Ubuntu" for the latest LTS, or any of the variants "Ubuntu 18.04 LTS", "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS", or "Ubuntu 22.04 LTS".

You can also use "Ubuntu (Preview)" to chack out the latest changes, but be aware that it is unstable.

> I hate this icon so much that I would like to do the same thing Alex thomson did, but I am afraid to mess up my WSL installation...

You can use

1. Export a backup
wsl.exe --export Ubuntu backup.tar.gz

2. Uninstall the old App
3. Install the new app "Ubuntu" from the Windows Store
4. Check that nothing broke. If it did, then do:
wsl.exe --unregister Ubuntu
wsl.exe --import Ubuntu <InstallLocation> backup.tar.gz
# The install location is where you want the vhdx to live. $HOME should do it.

5. Once everything works, you can remove the backup:
Remove-Item backup.tar.gz