Today we are going to address a weird and annoying problem present in Windows 10 operating system. As you know Windows 10 allows users to set pictures slideshow as Desktop background as well as Lock Screen background. You can select desired folders containing images and set the slideshow as the background of Desktop and Lock Screen using Settings -> Personalization -> Background and Lock Screen pages.
PROBLEM SYMPTOM:
Sometimes when you set image slideshow as background of Desktop or Lock Screen, after some time it automatically resets to Picture. Recently an AskVG reader "Al" contacted us regarding similar problem. Here is a small excerpt from his comment:
When my lockscreen and wallpapers are both set on slideshow, it works fine, but when I go back in just a few minutes after doing other things, no reboots or anything, they both are set on pictures again. The lockscreen or wallpapers which are two different settings and both change back to pictures from the setting I had saved as slideshow. I've been looking and researching for a week or so with no results. I can't find any way to lock it down in gpedit.msc, tried everything for weeks. I've run scannow and Dism with no help so tell me you have an easy answer for this please. Win version 1703 Build 15063.483. Thanks Al.
So you see the problem occurs when you set Desktop background or Lock Screen background to slideshow and it automatically resets to a picture after some time or immediately.
PROBLEM REASON:
It seems a bug in Windows operating system. A few readers have reported that it happens when you set images slideshow as background using Settings app and close the app window. As soon as you close Settings window, it forgets the user settings and when you re-open Settings window, the background is set to picture again.
So when you exit from Settings page, it reverts to Picture option for background.
PROBLEM SOLUTION:
We'll use a workaround to fix this issue. We'll take help of a built-in restriction to prevent changing lock screen and desktop backgrounds. Once we apply this restriction, Windows will stop resetting image slideshow to picture for desktop and lock screen background.
STEP 1:
First of all set the slideshow as background of Desktop or Lock Screen using Settings -> Personalization page. but DON'T close the Settings window. Keep it opened.
STEP 2:
Now we'll set the restriction using Group Policy Editor program. If you are using Windows 10 Home edition, you'll not be able to use Group Policy Editor because this edition doesn't come with this program. But you can enable Group Policy Editor in this edition using this tutorial. If you still can't use Group Policy Editor, you can apply the restrictions using Registry Editor program as mentioned in the BONUS TIP given at the end of this tutorial.
1. Press "WIN+R" key combination to launch RUN dialog box then type gpedit.msc and press Enter. It'll open Group Policy Editor.
2. Now go to:
User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> Personalization
3. In right-side pane, look for "Prevent changing desktop background" option.
4. The option would be set to Not Configured. Double-click on it and set it to Enabled.
5. Now go to:
Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> Personalization
6. In right-side pane, look for "Prevent changing lock screen and logon image" option.
7. The option would be set to Not Configured. Double-click on it and set it to Enabled.
That's it. Now try to open Settings -> Personalization -> Background or Lock Screen page and you'll see that options to change background are grayed out i.e. disabled. Also a message "Some settings are hidden or managed by your organization" will be shown at the top of the page as shown in following screenshot:
Now Windows will never reset slideshow to picture for Desktop or Lock Screen background.
In future, if you want to change background, first disable the restrictions by changing both options to Not Configured again in Group Policy Editor, then change background using Setting app.
BONUS TIP:
If you can't use or don't want to use Group Policy Editor, you can take help of Registry Editor for the same task. Just follow these simple steps:
1. Press WIN+R keys together to launch RUN dialog box. Now type regedit and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.
2. Now go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
3. Create a new key under Policies key and set its name as ActiveDesktop
4. Now select ActiveDesktop key and in right-side pane create a new DWORD NoChangingWallPaper and set its value to 1
5. Again go to following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization
6. In right-side pane create a new DWORD NoChangingLockScreen and set its value to 1
In future, if you want to change background, first disable the restrictions by changing both DWORD values to 0 in Registry Editor, then change background using Setting app.
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