Windows 10: Is there a way to change wallpaper via cmd/batch file?

We're doing a ton of Windows 7 upgrades to Windows 10 (clean installs, not in-place upgrades) and we have a batch file that runs a bunch of stuff as part of the new PC deployment process.

Someone else wrote the batch a while back and I'm just trying to improve it a bit. I'd like to be able to set a wallpaper as part of the batch script, but so far I haven't found a way to do so.

This is what I currently have (found here: https://superuser.com/questions/277805/how-do-i-set-the-desktop-background-on-windows-from-a-script)



reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\control panel\desktop" /v wallpaper /t REG_SZ /d "" /f reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\control panel\desktop" /v wallpaper /t REG_SZ /d "VJ-Wallpaper-1920x1080.bmp" /f reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\control panel\desktop" /v WallpaperStyle /t REG_SZ /d 2 /f RUNDLL32.EXE user32.dll,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters`



The wallpaper is BMP format and is in the same directory as the script, but it just doesn't work. I don't get any errors but wallpaper doesn't change.

The script and the file are in a remote directory, not on the local machines, if that matters.

I'm somewhat familiar with scripting but far from an expert (I don't know what any of those flags do for example), I'm basically just trying to be a script kiddie and copy+paste something that works.

Anyone got a solution for this?

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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.

• 
  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.
  
• 
  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.

 

My Batch File(.bat) is no longer running CMD

My Batch File(.bat) is no longer running CMD and when i go and change the program and find CMD and or Command Prompt it says that the program that i chose cannot be associated with this file type. Please choose another. I ran CMD with .bat file before, but
now i can't. I there a solution to this, please?

Original Title: Set Associations

 

Batch Files Knowledge Base

Don't use batch files very much but one I find useful is for creating a list of files in a directory.
Just copy the text below into Notepad and save as Filelist.bat

dir /a /-p /o:gen >filelist.txt

When you run it from a folder it will create a Filelist.txt file,in the same folder, that lists all the files in that folder.Useful when you are too lazy to type all the files out yourself.