Windows 10: Lock screen background image does not appear (Anniversary Update)

Yup. Citrix Receiver appears to be the culprit.

Would be nice to have a script I can keep on my desktop to just double click every time my computer boots *Think

 

Hi,

I had this same problem and was reading the whole thread. I never noticed the issue while i was physically in front of the PC, mine was happening if I lock the computer remotely using teamviewer. I have searched for the Citrix receiver but couldn't find it anywhere so I figured something else was auto-disabling the animate window when minimizing/maximizing. It was TEAMVIEWER!!! Anyway, there is an option when you are in your remote session where you can uncheck the "Disable GUI Animations".

To Disable "Disable GUI Animation" in current session.
View > Quality > Edit Custom Settings > Disable GUI Animation

To Disable "Disable GUI Animation" for all sessions.
(In the Main Teamviewer Window)
Extras > Options > Remote Control > Quality > Custom Settings > Disable GUI Animation


Hope this helps.

 

Mine turned black by itself somehow.
Disabled and re-enabled animation and lock screen background came back. Nice find.

Update: Just turned back to black again... For this time, there was a failed sleep, and I long pressed the power button to shut my laptop down and power it on again. But I remember the lockscreen backgroud was normal when I just started it...

Oh and citrix receiver is installed

 

The issue is if Citrix Receiver is set to start with a reboot. It will flip the switch and you wont even know it. I disabled the auto-start on reboot. Obviously, I have Citrix Receiver for a reason. I use it for my work VDI sessions.

I created a reg file task schedule on any user logon. Can a trigger be created for when an app starts up? Hmmm

For those interested in the reg file contents:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]
"MinAnimate"="1"

All disclaimers on editing the registry!

RandyO

 

Found this solution: Fix for Citrix XenApp Published Apps Disabling Windows Visual Effects | Aaron Walrath - Another IT Guy's Meanderings
Tested to be working even after starting citrix receiver and running a remote application.

 

This worked for me!

The checkbox was already checked. So I've unchecked it, hit apply and checked it and hit apply again.