ImageMagick unable to convert PDF to images on WSL

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I was trying to use ImageMagick to convert a PDF to images, but I got this error:

convert-im6.q16: attempt to perform an operation not allowed by the security policy `PDF' @ error/constitute.c/IsCoderAuthorized/408.

convert-im6.q16: no images defined `tmp/%03d.png' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3258.

I found a bunch of answers (like this and this) that suggests to modify the policy.xml file; my problem is, I have no idea where to find that file on WSL: I tried looking for it in /etc/, with find and searching in Windows, to no avail. Any idea how to solve this issue on WLS?

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imagemagickwindows-subsystem-for-linux
See stackoverflow.com/questions/52861946/… – fmw42

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You can find it like this:

identify -list configure | grep CONFIGURE_PATH

Failing that, use this search.

Failing that, use find in your WSL environment like this:

find / -name policy.xml 2> /dev/null

Failing that, just use Windows' Search to find a file calledpolicy.xml