{"id":9486,"date":"2017-06-08T06:49:50","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T06:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=9486"},"modified":"2017-06-08T06:50:07","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T06:50:07","slug":"set-a-default-background-wallpaper-for-windows-10-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/set-a-default-background-wallpaper-for-windows-10-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Set a Default Background Wallpaper for Windows 10 Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Need to set a default wallpaper for all users on a computer? In this tutorial we’ll show you use group policy to set the default desktop wallpaper background in Windows 10. This will also prevent users from changing the background wallpaper.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Set Default Background Wallpaper for Windows 10 Desktop Using Group Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Use the Windows key + R keyboard shortcut to open the Run command. Type gpedit.msc<\/strong> and press Enter.\n

    \"gpedit\"\n<\/li>\n

  2. In Local Group Policy Editor, browse to User Configuration<\/strong> -> Administrative Templates<\/strong> -> Desktop<\/strong> -> Desktop<\/strong>, and then double-click the Desktop Wallpaper<\/strong> policy on the right side.\n

    \"desktop-wallpaper-policy\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. Select the Enabled<\/strong> option, and then type the path of the image you want to set as a default background. Click Apply<\/strong> and OK<\/strong>.\n

    \"desktop-wallpaper-gpo\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. You have to log off and login once to see the changed desktop wallpaper.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Set Default Background Wallpaper for Windows 10 Desktop Using Registry Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Use the Windows key + R keyboard shortcut to open the Run command. Type regedit<\/strong> and press Enter.\n

      \"regedit\"\n<\/li>\n

    2. In the Registry Editor, browse to the following key:
      \nHKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies<\/code><\/p>\n

      \"policies-new-subkey\"<\/p>\n

      \tRight-click the Policies<\/strong> key on the left side, select New<\/strong> -> Key<\/strong>. Name it System<\/strong>.<\/li>\n

    3. While the newly-created System<\/strong> key is selected, right-click any empty space on the right side, select New<\/strong> -> String Value<\/strong>. Name the string Wallpaper<\/strong> and set its value to the path for the default wallpaper you want to use: For example, C:\\defaultwallpaper.jpg<\/em>.\n

      \"set-desktop-wallpaper-registry\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    4. Close Registry Editor. You’ll need to restart your computer to see the new default wallpaper.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Need to set a default wallpaper for all users on a computer? In this tutorial we’ll show you use group policy to set the default desktop wallpaper background in Windows 10. This will also prevent users from changing the background wallpaper. Method 1: Set Default Background Wallpaper for Windows 10 Desktop Using Group Policy Use […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894],"tags":[3414,3413],"class_list":["post-9486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-change-desktop-background-windows-10","tag-set-wallpaper-for-all-users-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9486"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9494,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9486\/revisions\/9494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}