Change desktop wallpaper image for all computers
All of our computers have a company branded wallpaper that is part of the default user setup. Users are allowed to change their wallpaper, however some prefer to keep the standard company wallpaper. Our company is now rebranding, and we have a new logo and color scheme. Our marketing department wants me to change the wallpaper on the computers from the old wallpaper to the new one, but only if they are still using the default company branded wallpaper. The old company branded default wallpaper file is stored at C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\Background.bmp. I was hoping I could just create a startup or logon script to replace this file with our new .BMP image file. I did this, however the backgrounds for the users on these computers did not change to the new one. Can anyone offer me any advice on how to accomplish this? Thank you! JasonJason Rottman National Heritage Academies
June 30th, 2011 2:21pm

Hi, Thanks for posting in Microsoft TechNet forums. First of all, make sure it is bmp file. With regarding to the script, we can involve script guy forum: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ITCG/threads We can update the registry by using the following registry file: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "Wallpaper"="%USERPROFILE%\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Microsoft\\Wallpaper1.bmp" "OriginalWallpaper"="%USERPROFILE%\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Microsoft\\Wallpaper1.bmp" Note Save the registry file as Fixwall.reg. By using the %USERPROFILE% environment variable in the registry entries, you make it possible for the OS to locate the file by evaluating the variable and then providing the correct profile directory path of the wallpaper bitmap file. The registry file can be imported without user intervention from a batch file by using the following syntax (assuming that the registry file in this section was saved as Fixwall.reg): regedit /s fixwall.reg Best Regards Magon Liu TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tnmff@microsoft.com Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
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July 1st, 2011 6:39am

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