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hyperspace
Copper Contributor
Jul 29, 2020

Problem: No Background Effects

I have a problem.

 

When I hit the "background effects" setting in teams, nothing is showing up. It is there, but there is nothing shown. No templates, no upload your image. Is there a way to solve this?

  • Hello hyperspace   Just for clarification, are you using the desktop client (the latest version?), mobile (what OS?) or web version? How old is your device?  There is evidence from a past answers.microsoft.com post that the age of the computer along with the version of the software may be responsible. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msteams/forum/all/i-am-unable-to-get-the-background-settings-in/2291ada1-b177-403e-bf00-5961b69cc0e5?page=4

     

    One user offers this solution:

     

    I got it to work on my problematic PC.

    I did this - 

    1. Exit Teams and Outlook
    2. Delete the %appdata%\Microsoft\Teams folder
    3. Go to a PC that does have backgrounds working and zip the %appdata%\Microsoft\Teams folder
    4. Copy it to the problematic PC and extract to %appdata%\Microsoft\
    5. Start Teams
    6. Enjoy your backgrounds!

    Please let the community know if this helps.  

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      hyperspace
      Copper Contributor

      ThereseSolimeno I use the desktop version of teams. I know it is a scheduled meeting because I am seeing others with backgrounds. I have a friend who has the exact same computer as me, and they can use backgrounds, so I will ask them.

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