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WinXP, Changing Wallpaper

Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 1:15 pm
by nigma
Does anyone know how to change a winxp wallpaper manually?

I'd like to write a little perl script that'll run on logon to switch background but I'm not sure how to do it.

Is there a config. file somewhere that tells windows which image to use as the bg or maybe just an image that is in a certain place and has a certain name gets used as the bg?

Thanks for any help provided.

Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 1:36 pm
by feyd
it'd be in the registry.. uh... looks like it's at:

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper
it's a string, full path to the image..

Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 5:21 pm
by nigma
Thanks very much :)

Where did you find that? A microsoft website? I didn't have any success with my limited google searches.

Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 5:35 pm
by feyd
I ran regedit and told it find wallpaper :D

Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 5:50 pm
by nigma
well woopdee freakin doo!

heh, thanks, apreciate your resourcefulness on my behalf.