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    Reset Desktop Background Choose Your Picture History in Windows 10


    How to: Reset Desktop Background Choose Your Picture History in Windows 10

    How to Reset Desktop Background Choose Your Picture History in Windows 10

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    Information Your desktop background (also called wallpaper) in Windows 10 can be a picture from your personal collection or included with Windows, a solid color, or a slideshow playing selected pictures randomly on all displays.

    If you select to use a picture as your desktop background, Windows will show the last five pictures as your history under "Choose your picture".

    This tutorial will show you how to clear and reset the desktop background picture history back to the default images for your account in Windows 10.

    CONTENTS:
    • Option One: To Automatically Reset Desktop Background Choose Your Picture History using a REG file
    • Option Two: To Manually Reset Desktop Background Choose Your Picture History in Registry Editor

    EXAMPLE: "Choose your picture" history in Desktop Background Settings

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    OPTION ONE [/i] To Automatically Reset Desktop Background Choose Your Picture History using a REG file

    Reset Desktop Background Choose Your Picture History in Windows 10 [​IMG]
    Note The .reg file below will delete the string values in the registry key below to reset them back to their default values.

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Wallpapers

    String Values (REG_SZ):
    • BackgroundHistoryPath0
    • BackgroundHistoryPath1
    • BackgroundHistoryPath2
    • BackgroundHistoryPath3
    • BackgroundHistoryPath4
    1. Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below.
    Reset_Desktop_background_Choose_your_picture_history.reg

    Download
    2. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

    3. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

    4. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

    5. If you have the Settings\Personalization\Background page open, close and reopen to apply.

    6. If you like, you can now delete the downloaded .reg file.





    OPTION TWO [/i] To Manually Reset Desktop Background Choose Your Picture History in Registry Editor
    1. Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type regedit into Run, and click/tap on OK to open Registry Editor.

    2. Navigate to the key below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below)
    *Arrow HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Wallpapers


    Reset Desktop Background Choose Your Picture History in Windows 10 [​IMG]

    3. In the right pane of the Wallpapers key, select the BackgroundHistoryPath0, BackgroundHistoryPath1, BackgroundHistoryPath2, BackgroundHistoryPath3, and BackgroundHistoryPath4 string values (REG_SZ), right click on them, and click/tap on Delete. (see screenshot below)

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    4. Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below)

    Reset Desktop Background Choose Your Picture History in Windows 10 [​IMG]

    5. When finished, you can close Registry Editor if you like.

    6. If you have the Settings\Personalization\Background page open, close and reopen to apply.

    That's it,
    Shawn


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    Brink, Nov 20, 2017
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    Brink, Oct 26, 2019
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  3. Changing the background in Windows 10 from picture foders created on the hard drive?

    Hi,

    Sorry for the delay in response



    I would suggest you to try the following steps:






    • Open Desktop Background by right clicking on the desktop clicking Personalization

    • Click the picture or color that you want to use for your desktop background.

    • If the picture you want to use isn't in the list of desktop background pictures, click an item in the Picture location list to see other categories, or click Browse to search for the picture on your computer.
      When you find the picture that you want, double-click it. It will become your desktop background.




    Hope this helps.
     
    Waseemulla S, Oct 26, 2019
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    Reset Desktop Background Choose Your Picture History in Windows 10

    Brink, Oct 26, 2019
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  5. Misiowiec Win User
    Lost desktop background

    I did a Search & Distroy spyware scan the other day, and one of the suggested "fixes" said something about removing Active Desktop. Like the muppet I am I clicked yes and am now without a desktop background picture.

    Does anyone have an idea how to reverse this? If I try to select a picture it's simply not added as a background.
     
    Misiowiec, Oct 26, 2019
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  6. schadbou Win User
    Desktop Background Picture resets on restart to unsaved theme

    Steps I take on new Windows 10 machine that only has Office 365 E3 installed (All four of the last machines I've set up have same issue, new HP Probooks).

    1. Right click desktop, choose personalize

    2. Choose Picture from Background dropdown

    3. Browse to Pictures and choose picture for background

    4. Click Themes on Settings page, then Theme settings

    5. Save newly created picture theme under "My Themes"

    6. Check to make sure it shows on Desktop Background.

    7. Restart machine.


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    On restart the Background is solid color black again and in My Themes there is a newly created unsaved theme. Every. Time. It doesn't matter if I choose a default picture that came with the machine or one of my own. The Theme and Background will always
    reset on restart.

    I even just tested this trying to use a Window Default Theme. That one won't stick either on restart. It continues to go back to an Unsaved Theme with solid black background.
     
    schadbou, Oct 26, 2019
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