Tag Archives: Wallpaper

Find all recently used Wallpapers from your Registry

By Ajith | Published: March 4, 2008

Windows saves the list of wallpapers ever used on the system in a registry Key. HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion ExplorerWallpaperMRU All those Registry Binary values here are the address to the images you used as wallpapers. The last part in this binary makes no sense to me but I think this i information about the dimensions and style [...]

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How to change the default wallpaper folder of Windows to your favourite one.

By Ajith | Published: December 23, 2007

This is almost a follow up post of . So please read that post also. The default Windows Wallpaper folder is %SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper where normally %SystemRoot% is C:\Windows . The location where the Desktop properties look for Wallpaper is saved in the Registry Key : MyComputer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows \Currentversion as a Multi String Value with a name WallpaperDir [...]

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How to add your favourite picture to Windows default wallpaper list ?

By Ajith | Published: December 22, 2007

The Windows default wallpaper list is shown when we select Desktop tab under Display Properties (Right click»Properties on Desktop). If you need to add some pictures to this list from your own collection here are the steps to follow. The wallpapers shown in the list are located in the folder %SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper the %SystemRoot% represents your [...]

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Play video in image and as wallpaper

By Ajith | Published: March 3, 2007

Make a video as your wallpaper easily. How can you do this?Why can it be done? Why can’t you get a screen shot of a DVD movie or other video files? All these questions are answered in this article.

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