Windows 10: Lost option to use top-rated photos for desktop background slideshow

Discus and support Lost option to use top-rated photos for desktop background slideshow in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; Windows 10 customization has been a bit of a moving target. The latest casualty was the ability to have Windows cycle through my top rated photos as... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by taward, Aug 25, 2016.

  1. taward Win User

    Lost option to use top-rated photos for desktop background slideshow


    Windows 10 customization has been a bit of a moving target. The latest casualty was the ability to have Windows cycle through my top rated photos as the background slideshow. Now, I only have the option to point to a folder for a slide show.

    This was a really cool feature b/c it meant I could cycle through my favorite pictures without having to move (and likely duplicate) them. Does anyone know how to recover this feature without having to move my pictures?

    :)
     
    taward, Aug 25, 2016
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  2. Emily808 Win User

    Can't select top rated photos for desktop background

    In the previous version of Windows, I was able to select "top-rated photos" to use as my slideshow for my desktop background. But now, I am only able to select one folder, and it shows any photos within the folder. I only want the top-rated photos to
    show as the background. Is the "top-rated photos" no longer an option? If it is not, any other suggestions to work around this?
     
    Emily808, Aug 25, 2016
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  3. Use subfolders for background in Windows 10

    I like the idea of changing my background once per day, and set the "Background" feature to do a random slideshow which uses the "Photos" folder, with the shuffle option checked. However, I keep nearly all of my photos in a number of subfolders in my "Photos"
    folder. I would like to have the background feature do a random slideshow using all of the photos in my "Photos" folder, INCLUDING all of the photos (about 99.9% of them) in the various subfolders, and not just the handful of photos in the top-level "Photos"
    folder. Can this be done? If not, then it needs to be updated, for it's a pretty useless feature as it is.

    Thanks.

    Moved from: Windows / Windows 10 / Desktop, Start, & personalization / General
     
    EzraFreeman, Aug 25, 2016
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  4. f14tomcat Win User

    Lost option to use top-rated photos for desktop background slideshow

    @taward First, add this context menu item to your Desktop Context menu. It's here on Tenforums as a tutorial. Click the Personalize (Classic) option, then click Desktop Background. You wil get a screen similar to this (on my machine) where there is an option for Top Rated Photos. Hope this is what you are looking for. The options on the screen should be self-explanatory.

    'Personalize (classic)' context menu - Add in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums


    Lost option to use top-rated photos for desktop background slideshow [​IMG]
     
    f14tomcat, Aug 25, 2016
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  5. taward Win User
    Thanks! It's not quite what I was looking for but this will get the job done. There used to be an option in the "modern" settings app but it's disappeared.
     
    taward, Apr 5, 2018
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