Windows 10: How do I get the sleep slideshow to stop?

ok so basically. There's this feature on my laptop that shows pictures in my picture library that occurs every couple minutes. I have disabled sleep, but it still occurs. I'm not comfortable with these pictures being shown and I'd like to disable it, but I'm not sure how. Please help.

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Photos slideshow

Hi Michael,



Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for posting. We appreciate your interest in Windows 10.



I understand the inconvenience that you are unable view the photos in slideshow as it repeats after few photos and need to know “How can I change this to show a continuous and non-repeating slideshow?”. We will help you to
resolve this issue.



Please let us know,

• 
  Where does the photos folder located?
  
• 
  Did you try to change the folder location and check?
  

I suggest you to follow the below steps:

Step 1: If the photos folder is located on the desktop, try to create another folder and copy all the content to the newly created folder and add this folder for slideshow and check.



Step 2: Try to create new folder if different location and copy all the content to the newly created folder in different location and add this folder for slideshow and check.



Hope it helps. Please perform the above methods and update the status of this issue, we will be happy to help you.

 

Slideshow stop working on window 10

Let's troubleshoot things further by doing the following steps then see how it goes.

• Right click on your desktop and choose Personalize.
• Choose Background and choose Slideshow.
• Choose the correct album for your slideshow.
• Choose 1 minute.
• Choose On for Shuffle.
• Save Settings.

We will wait for your updates.

Regards.

 

Slideshow pictures during sleep mode showing sideways or upside down

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand the difficulties you are facing with the slideshow, while the PC is in sleep mode. In order to get clarity and to assist you accordingly, we would like to know the Windows 10 version and Build installed. (Type
winver in Windows search/Run command)



However, we would suggest you to perform these steps.

1. Press Windows + I key from the keyboard, to open
   Settings.
   
2. Select Personalization. Then click
   Background from the left pane.
   
3. Select Stretch from the drop down under
   Choose a fit option.
   
4. Again open the Personalization window. Then click
   Lock screen from the left pane.
   
5. Click on Advance slideshow settings. Then toggle the switch for “Only use pictures that fit my screen”.
   
6. Put the PC in sleep and then check.
   

We await your response.



Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator