Changing Wallpaper with a batch file, on program close. Possible?
background, batch-file, wallpaper, windows-7
Solution
There are some errors in your command:
- You have added unnecessarry `/` to `add` command.
- You don't enclose registry key name in quotes (for space escape).
- You have specified wrong path (extra `WallPaper` at the end).
This should do the trick:
reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v Wallpaper /f /t REG_SZ /d c:\images\wallpaper.bmp
Of course, if the wallpaper path contains spaces you must enclose it in quotes too.
I also added key `/f` to force overwriting if wallpaper is already set.
Problem
I'm trying to create a batch file that will change my background when a program closes on Windows 7. I've tried using this, but it doesn't work, even when I log off and log back in: ``` @echo off reg /add HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\WallPaper /v wallpaper /t REG_SZ /d c:\images\wallpaper.bmp ```