Windows 10: How to ignore the presence of the Explorer/Wallpaper Policy?

So, I am in a corporate environment and yes, there are policies, one of which is the fixed wallpaper policy based on the presence of the HKCU key in the Policies folder. I dread looking at the same corp picture.

In Windows 7, I discovered the Explorer/Wallpaper policy that sits in the HKCU Policies settings. I wrote a quick C# program to remove that entry and once removed, I could replace the background and proceed to the next background image without a problem.

Now comes Windows 10 upgrade. The same policies exist in the exact same locations, however, despite removing the Wallpaper policy (which unlocks the Personalization UI), I am unable to get the slideshow to work. What I discovered is that when Windows 10 launches on the corp lan, the policies are downloaded and that appears to lock in the wallpaper settings at login time despite removing the reg key afterwards. This is a notable Windows 10 behavioral difference.

My program removes the key on shutdown, and I discovered when I boot my system off network (i.e., at home), the background slideshow works without fail.

So, my question is, how can I get Windows 10 to observe the updated policy in real time so the slideshow can work again, if I by chance have to reboot on the corp network. Right now, my work-around is to hibernate, so this way, I just unlock my computer instead of logging into the network.

Thoughts?

Paul

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Presence of Internet Explorer


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unable to change the lock screen Wallpaper.

Hi,

I appreciate if you could answer few questions to narrow down to the issue.

• 
  What is the exact issue that you are facing?
  
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  Are you facing issues while trying to change the lock screen Wallpaper?
  
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  Are you not able to choose the directory where the wallpapers has been saved?
  

As an initial troubleshooting step, I suggest you to restart the computer and check if you are able to successfully change the lock screen wallpaper.

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  From Desktop, right click and select
  Personalize.
  
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  In Personalization window, click on
  Lock Screen in the left pane.
  
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  And choose wallpaper you would like to apply for the lock screen by choosing the browse option.
  
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  Close the Personalization window.
  

If the issue still persists, please do reply with the required information. We will be glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

File explorer is not responding

Hi Saeef,



Please reply, did you try the steps suggested above?



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