Windows 10: Dual monitor backgrounds

I have two computers with dual monitors. One is a desktop with one monitor connected to the DisplayPort and the other connected to HDMI. I am using the Windows slideshow for my desktop background on both, and the slide shows run separately and show a different image on each. The other is a laptop with the second monitor connected to the HDMI output. On this one the slide show is the same on both monitors and I cannot seem to find a setting that will allow me to run separate slideshows on each. Is this because of the laptop video setup or is there something I am missing? The laptop is set up to

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Setting different Backgrounds for Dual Monitors in Windows 10


Hi All,
If you have a dual monitors and want to set a different background for each. You don't need third party program to set them. Here's an easy way:

1. Copy the background images to: C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\Windows
   
   
   
   
2. Use CTRL key for multiple selection to select both backgrounds.
3. Right click on one background->Set as desktop background

You should have a separate background for each monitor.

The background images will be stored under:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes
as:
Transcoded_000 and Transcoded_001 without extension

If you want to swap the images, just rename 0 to 1, 1 to 0. Sign out and sign back in or
right click on desktop and select: Next desktop background





Here's an example:

 

Support For Different Backgrounds on Dual Monitors

Hello,

I have seen posts from a couple years ago with solutions that don't work on this topic, so I am re-posting this in the hopes that this is a suggestion that would benefit other Windows 10 Users besides me.

My PC has Windows 10 and because I like to bounce back and forth between things, I have dual monitors attached to my PC. This is all fine and dandy, except for one tiny Customization option that is missing - I wish I had the support to have differing backgrounds.
In my particular case, I would like my Monitor 1 to have a picture/slideshow of a household pet or family pictures whereas I would like my Monitor 2 to have personal motivational quotes that I could change by pretty-fying (dunno if that's even a real word)
the quote using the Paint program.

• Am I alone in thinking this would be a good feature for Microsoft to add in a future update?
  
• What kind of different background options would you want to have on Windows 10?
• Is there a way to do this that is easy enough for a non-programming casual PC gamer to understand and implement?
• I bring this up only because I have seen some "Magic Fix" on a post from 2015 that I tried involving using the Windows Run
• And it didn't work at all. Just took me back to the Background page under Settings -> Personalization

 

Dual Display Backgrounds in Windows 10

Hi David,

Thank you for being a part of Windows 10.

I would suggest you to try the following steps.

a. Right click on the Empty screen.

b. Click on Display settings.

c. The process of setting up different wallpaper on a Windows 10 computer requires that the second monitor must be enabled in extended mode. Once you have dual or multiple monitors running in Extended Mode, you can set different wallpaper for different monitors
on c computer running Windows 10.

d. Makeup your mind as to which wallpaper you wish to have on your second monitor and open Personalization’s Desktop Background tab and right click on the desired wallpaper to be set as background for the second monitor.

Note: When you right on the desktop background you will get an option to select the monitor to set the desktop background.

Hope this helps. Let us know if you have any other issues with Windows in future.