Windows 10: Windows wallpaper goes black when switching to certain .png pictures

So, I've just bought a new 35" ultrawide monitor to use with my laptop. I've always used high-res, .png pictures as wallpapers, including files as large as 20MB, on my previous monitor that was connected to the same laptop.


Now, as I set a .png picture as a wallpaper, it goes completely black and Windows becomes somewhat laggy and unresponsive. When opening the settings, it seems that Windows changed the wallpaper to a solid color. I couldn't find anyone with the same issue on any forum.


Here are the solutions I've already tried, with no success:


- Reinstalled drivers monitor; both integrated and dedicated graphics;

- Ran sfc/ scannow and DISM no errors were found

- Made sure the option to hide the wallpaper is unchecked in Ease of Access.

- Checked for updates. I'm using a fully updated Windows 10 version 2004.


I've had no issues when converting the .png file to .jpeg in Photoshop and then setting it as a wallpaper, however it's not ideal and I'd prefer to use .png.
Also, I have a pretty acceptable laptop, with a quad-core 8th-gen i5, 8GB of RAM, a MX150 and a 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus. I think it should be more than enough to be able to set a large file as a wallpaper.

Any help regarding this issue would be really appreciated!

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Pictures as wallpaper

Hi Bruce,



Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps for the time settings of pictures.

• Press Windows+X and go to control panel.
• Click on personalization.
• Then go to background option.
• Under background tab select slideshow option.
• Then you can choose the time limit accordingly.

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

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Over the last few days, I noticed that the desktop wallpaper images do not change to random pictures, but goes in sequence. Also I cannot change the selected pictures folder I want to use for my desktop wallpaper slideshow.

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