Windows 10: Personalization of background no longer works

When I click on browser, my selected image appears for an instant, but it is not stable on the desktop. I know how to personalize background because I did it so many times. But now it is messed up.

My topic is not exactly Display and Screen, but Microsoft presents endless obstacles of forced choices, none of which suit my question.

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Background tasks no-longer running

So I've now got my background tasks working again with the help of people at the WPCentral forum. They advised that I uninstall apps that can use background tasks, whether those tasks are enabled or not. The theory is that Windows Phone has some kind of
issue with there being too many apps installed that register the use of background tasks and that disabling the background tasks does not help.



So here's what I did:

• Go to settings --> swipe left --> background tasks --> advanced.
• Make a list of all of the apps installed that can run background tasks.
• Uninstall as many of those apps as possible. In my case, I had quite a few apps that I actually rarely use.
• Restart the phone.

That's it. The background tasks for the apps I actually want to be able to run then just started running again. One person in the thread suggested you can also work around the problem by careful configuration of each app to disable background operations
you don't actually want, without having to uninstall them.



For more detail you can see the WPCentral forum thread here:
http://forums.wpcentral.com/windows-phone-8/240483-background-tasks-no-longer-running.html.

 

Startup photos no longer working

Hi,



Thank you for your response.



I suggest you to follow the step below and check if it helps.

• Press Windows key.
• Click on setting.
• Select Personalization.
• Click on lock screen.
• Turn on “Show lock screen background picture on the sign in screen”.
  

Keep us posted on this issue so that we can assist you better.

 

background (wallpaper) seems to be hung


I see on my background a picture from a series of pictures I wanted for a slide show. Went to Settings/Personalization/Backgrond and followed the steps once upon a time and I think it worked? Anyway, now the app appears to be hung and I don't know how to get it working. I've tried going through the settings and can change the background (behind the slideshow) color but nothing else. I found your forum and tried many of the ideas suggested to no avail. Can someone suggest how to get it working again?