Windows – Change background of a Windows 7 machine using Registry

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I connected my machine to a work group. The settings to change the wallpaper is in server machine, so that all the machine will have same wallpaper. Now how can I change my machine's wallpaper using registry ?

After reading some answers,

I created Wall.reg with the following content, and created a shortcut in Start up folder, so that the file will be executed automatically.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"Wallpaper"="C:\Users\Public\Pictures\Sample Pictures\Koala.jpg"

Am I missing anything ? It is not working 🙁

Best Answer

Navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

and change Wallpaper key value to the full path of your image.

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