Windows 10: Can No Longer Set a Background in Windows 11

I was trying out various backgrounds in the OS on this computer, brand new, just got it yesterday. The app froze and broke.After a restart of the computer, the Display settings no longer offer any options related to setting a wallpaper at all. Other programs cannot set a wallpaper either. I can set background colors, but that is it.I have looked up a similar thread from March Windows 11 Background Disappeared - Microsoft Community and attempted to repair and reset the Settings app as was suggested in that thread. As with that individual, this attempted fix did not work for me.

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Set background slideshow

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand your inconvenience. We will assist you with it.

I suggest you to follow the steps provided below to set slide desktop.

• Press Windows logo key + I key.
• Click on Personalization.
• Under Background dropdown menu, select slideshow.
• Click on Browse button and then select the folder from which the desktop slide’s to be applied.

Hope this information is helpful. For any further information, feel free to contact us.

Thank you.

 

Background tasks no-longer running

So I've now got my background tasks working again with the help of people at the WPCentral forum. They advised that I uninstall apps that can use background tasks, whether those tasks are enabled or not. The theory is that Windows Phone has some kind of
issue with there being too many apps installed that register the use of background tasks and that disabling the background tasks does not help.



So here's what I did:

• Go to settings --> swipe left --> background tasks --> advanced.
• Make a list of all of the apps installed that can run background tasks.
• Uninstall as many of those apps as possible. In my case, I had quite a few apps that I actually rarely use.
• Restart the phone.

That's it. The background tasks for the apps I actually want to be able to run then just started running again. One person in the thread suggested you can also work around the problem by careful configuration of each app to disable background operations
you don't actually want, without having to uninstall them.



For more detail you can see the WPCentral forum thread here:
http://forums.wpcentral.com/windows-phone-8/240483-background-tasks-no-longer-running.html.

 

How to change the screen background settings in Windows 10

Hi Richard,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

We understand how you feel about the situation. We're sorry for the trouble.

I suggest you to follow the steps below to change the background to the original.

• 
  Type Themes and related settings in search bar. And click on that.
  
• 
  Go to Themes.
  
• 
  Under Windows default Themes select the back ground close the window.
  

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help.