http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2009/02/05/how-can-i-hide-my-desktop-wallpaper.aspxI give a lot of presentations, and the background picture of my baby alpaca, while fascinating to me, probably does not have the same level of attraction to my clients. I know I can mouse around and change the desktop picture to some bland color, buten-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2009/02/05/how-can-i-hide-my-desktop-wallpaper.aspx#3543056Sat, 29 Dec 2012 07:13:19 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3543056wallpapers<p>Thank you for the link. I’m on my way to check it out and pretty up my desktop. </p> <p>&lt;a href=&quot;<a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://ac-digital.com/&quot;&gt;wallpapers&lt;/a&gt;">ac-digital.com/.../a&gt;</a></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3543056" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2009/02/05/how-can-i-hide-my-desktop-wallpaper.aspx#3540774Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:28:22 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3540774Gentry<p>My registry is edited correctly with the full path to the image, but my Wallpaper is not changing... It seems that something is not getting refreshed. I have even rebooted. Is there something in Windows 7 that is not letting this work?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3540774" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2009/02/05/how-can-i-hide-my-desktop-wallpaper.aspx#3384600Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:50:10 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3384600Dave<p>Derek, if you&#39;re doing this with JPEGs, you may have to kill explorer and start it again to take effect. &nbsp;Bitmaps, on the other hand, work fine.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3384600" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2009/02/05/how-can-i-hide-my-desktop-wallpaper.aspx#3364163Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:20:28 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3364163Derek<p>When I try this on my WinXP laptop, the screen does not change, but if I open the Display Properties I see the newly selected wallpaper. &nbsp;The desktop does not refresh to show the new wallpaper. &nbsp;Is there another command to force a redraw?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3364163" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2009/02/05/how-can-i-hide-my-desktop-wallpaper.aspx#3349378Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:13:14 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3349378Thats not really all there is to it, there are a few other reg keys to consider.<p>Here are the keys I have had to modify to get what I want...</p> <p>HKCU:\Control Panel\Desktop\wallpaper - <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978625.aspx">technet.microsoft.com/.../cc978625.aspx</a></p> <p>HKCU:\Control Panel\Desktop\Tilewallpaper - <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978623.aspx">technet.microsoft.com/.../cc978623.aspx</a></p> <p>HKCU:\Control Panel\Desktop\wallpaperstyle - <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978626.aspx">technet.microsoft.com/.../cc978626.aspx</a></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3349378" width="1" height="1">