Windows 10: Setting Desktop with One Image from Theme

Hello All,

With Windows 7 I had the ability to go into the Personalization settings and uncheck all of the images within a Microsoft Theme (such as "Waterfalls" or "Beaches") that I did not want to see. This gave me the ability to choose just one image from a theme to set as a permanent desktop background.

This menu was found by right-clicking on the particular theme I had chosen. In Windows 10 that menu is gone....

Therefore the themes just continue going from one image to the next and I have no control over which images I want, setting a timeframe for them to change (Used to have options such as 1 hour, 6 hours, 24 hours etc...), or the ability to customize the desktop background in the way I want.

Is this a Windows 10 design flaw or am I missing something? Why am I no longer able to customize a desktop background theme and choose 1 image anymore?

Thanks,


:)

 

Using photos as a Windows 10 theme

The solution in Laptop Mag article does not apply to Windows 10 1709 or later. Here is how you create a theme in Windows 10 1709 or later.

Go to the folder containing all the images you want to use to make a theme. To make this easier, create a folder and copy all the images you want to use to make the theme.

Select all the images - press Control + A

Right click on one of the selected images - (make sure all selected images are still selected).

Click Set as desktop background

Open Start > Settings > Personalization > Themes

Click Save theme

Give it a name.

 

desktop screen

Did you set it as a Desktop Background? You can right click desktop to open Personalize, change the Background Picture there. Or click on Themes at the left, then Theme settings to see more options including included Desktop theme packages and Screen Saver
settings.

Screen Savers are not needed since CRT monitors that could burn in an image if it stayed on too long. I keep mine set to None, although on some of the spectacular

Themes - Microsoft Windows

one can download for a slideshow and custom sound themes will inexplicably set the Screen Saver to Blank at 1 minute which seems unnecessary if not a bug.

Let us know if this helps.

 

Hello Katie,

The old menu can be brought back:
'Personalize (classic)' context menu - Add in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

Cheers!

 

This link led me to the download add-on and I now have this functionality back!

Thanks so much!

 

You're welcome.
And welcome to the forums by the way! *Smile