Windows 10: Theme settings - missing Desktop Background functionality

Discus and support Theme settings - missing Desktop Background functionality in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; I would like to select which pictures from a theme I would like to use for my background. To be more specific, I want to disable a few pictures. This... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by dudley, Aug 15, 2015.

  1. DUDLEY
    dudley Win User

    Theme settings - missing Desktop Background functionality


    I would like to select which pictures from a theme I would like to use for my background. To be more specific, I want to disable a few pictures. This used to be possible in Win 7/Win 8.1 by going to the Theme settings (in win 10: Personalize/Themes/Theme Settings), and clicking an icon called Desktop Background on the bottom of the page.

    I do not see that icon on Win 10. Is it somewhere else?

    Thanks.

    :)
     
    dudley, Aug 15, 2015
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  2. SNDRY29
    sndry29 Win User

    How do you resize, fit or tile personal desktop background under Themes?

    How do you resize, fit or tile personal desktop background under Themes? The option seems to be missing on the Themes screen.
     
    sndry29, Aug 15, 2015
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  3. DANDOLGIN
    DanDolgin Win User
    Background colour of applications, under Windows 10 I haven't been able to find this function

    My windows app menu (Windows 10) is missing the color background completely. When I open the app menu, the background is using same as my start menu (Windows Desktop), which is my windows theme background. I checked all the color choices in Settings.
    I can't find anything telling it to not use a background color for the windows apps. I can restart and see if that fixes it.
     
    DanDolgin, Aug 15, 2015
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  4. JDS63
    jds63 Win User

    Theme settings - missing Desktop Background functionality

    jds63, Aug 15, 2015
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  5. OCH
    och Win User
    Same issue as the op is having - you can't change the background of a theme that contains multiple images. The option 6 in the tutorial is NOT present in Windows 10. You get stuck with the first image in the theme, and the only way to change theme image is to scroll to hidden folder - appdata\local\microsoft\windows\themes in you user folder, and manually changing image.

    Windows 7 used to let us change theme image right from the control panel, and had the option to shuffle theme image at certain intervals.
     
    och, Aug 15, 2015
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  6. DUDLEY
    dudley Win User
    Thanks och, going to appdata\local\microsoft\windows\themes and deleting the unwanted images did the trick.
     
    dudley, Apr 5, 2018
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