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scripting a wallpaper change?Can anyone point me to a how-to on changing desktop wallpaper via a
command-line instruction, or ActveX script, etc.? I'd like to be able to run two such commands or scripts: 1. set wallpaper to "none" 2. set wallpaper to an image file specified in the script (no need for a chooser dialog) Thanks for any help! --Ray There are many 'wallpaper switcher' utilities available on the web which
may offer the functionality you need. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Raydar wrote: Show quote > Can anyone point me to a how-to on changing desktop wallpaper via a > command-line instruction, or ActveX script, etc.? > > I'd like to be able to run two such commands or scripts: > 1. set wallpaper to "none" > 2. set wallpaper to an image file specified in the script (no need for a > chooser dialog) > > Thanks for any help! > > --Ray I suppose there's no reason I couldn't resort to one of those . . . it just
seems that might be a little overkill-ish since I don't want to cycle through my 10 favorite images, etc., but just to turn wallpaper off and then back on again. Reason being that my machine here at work developed an apparently unresolvable wallpaper disappearance malfunction (per my earlier post "wallpaper disappears after login" in the XP General Questions section of this forum) and I'm now just trying to put a band-aid on the problem since (1) it's too insignificant an issue for my IT dep't to devote time to and (2) I can't reinstall or use a system restore point because it's a work computer. Thanks for the suggestion--I might wind up going with that! Show quote "Leonard Grey" wrote: > There are many 'wallpaper switcher' utilities available on the web which > may offer the functionality you need. > > --- > Leonard Grey > Errare humanum est > > Raydar wrote: > > Can anyone point me to a how-to on changing desktop wallpaper via a > > command-line instruction, or ActveX script, etc.? > > > > I'd like to be able to run two such commands or scripts: > > 1. set wallpaper to "none" > > 2. set wallpaper to an image file specified in the script (no need for a > > chooser dialog) > > > > Thanks for any help! > > > > --Ray > Please let us know how things work out (by replying to your own
message.) You'll be helping someone else who may have the same problem. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Raydar wrote: Show quote > I suppose there's no reason I couldn't resort to one of those . . . it just > seems that might be a little overkill-ish since I don't want to cycle through > my 10 favorite images, etc., but just to turn wallpaper off and then back on > again. > > Reason being that my machine here at work developed an apparently > unresolvable wallpaper disappearance malfunction (per my earlier post > "wallpaper disappears after login" in the XP General Questions section of > this forum) and I'm now just trying to put a band-aid on the problem since > (1) it's too insignificant an issue for my IT dep't to devote time to and (2) > I can't reinstall or use a system restore point because it's a work computer. > > Thanks for the suggestion--I might wind up going with that! > > > > "Leonard Grey" wrote: > >> There are many 'wallpaper switcher' utilities available on the web which >> may offer the functionality you need. >> >> --- >> Leonard Grey >> Errare humanum est >> >> Raydar wrote: >>> Can anyone point me to a how-to on changing desktop wallpaper via a >>> command-line instruction, or ActveX script, etc.? >>> >>> I'd like to be able to run two such commands or scripts: >>> 1. set wallpaper to "none" >>> 2. set wallpaper to an image file specified in the script (no need for a >>> chooser dialog) >>> >>> Thanks for any help! >>> >>> --Ray =?Utf-8?B?UmF5ZGFy?= added these comments in the current
discussion du jour ... Show quote > I suppose there's no reason I couldn't resort to one of those Depends on how many graphics files you want to cycle through and > . . . it just seems that might be a little overkill-ish since > I don't want to cycle through my 10 favorite images, etc., but > just to turn wallpaper off and then back on again. > > Reason being that my machine here at work developed an > apparently unresolvable wallpaper disappearance malfunction > (per my earlier post "wallpaper disappears after login" in the > XP General Questions section of this forum) and I'm now just > trying to put a band-aid on the problem since (1) it's too > insignificant an issue for my IT dep't to devote time to and > (2) I can't reinstall or use a system restore point because > it's a work computer. > > Thanks for the suggestion--I might wind up going with that! > what cycle time(s) you want. Try the MS XP Wallpaper Changer. I found it someplace on MS's web site, but lost the link or I'd post it for you. I'm sure a quickie Google would find it, though. Good luck! Show quote > > "Leonard Grey" wrote: > >> There are many 'wallpaper switcher' utilities available on >> the web which may offer the functionality you need. >> >> --- >> Leonard Grey >> Errare humanum est >> >> Raydar wrote: >> > Can anyone point me to a how-to on changing desktop >> > wallpaper via a command-line instruction, or ActveX script, >> > etc.? >> > >> > I'd like to be able to run two such commands or scripts: >> > 1. set wallpaper to "none" >> > 2. set wallpaper to an image file specified in the script >> > (no need for a chooser dialog) >> > >> > Thanks for any help! >> > >> > --Ray >> > -- HP, aka Jerry Leonard Grey added these comments in the current discussion du
jour ... > There are many 'wallpaper switcher' utilities available on the The one I use is the Power Toy Wallpaper Changer, but it is a > web which may offer the functionality you need. GUI-based app, not command or "BAT-file" like at all. It is a very nice app, though, that allows not only any/all graphics files in a given folder to be cycled from as little as 15 minutes to once a week, and allows a 365-day "holiday" and special occasion folder to override what's in the default changing folder. Show quote > > --- > Leonard Grey > Errare humanum est > > Raydar wrote: >> Can anyone point me to a how-to on changing desktop wallpaper >> via a command-line instruction, or ActveX script, etc.? >> >> I'd like to be able to run two such commands or scripts: >> 1. set wallpaper to "none" >> 2. set wallpaper to an image file specified in the script (no >> need for a chooser dialog) >> >> Thanks for any help! >> >> --Ray > -- HP, aka Jerry This info might help.
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize/msg/1e5fa2cf37183163 -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Raydar" <Ray***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7CBAAA11-7D1A-4011-B5C1-CC18263BF8B6@microsoft.com... Can anyone point me to a how-to on changing desktop wallpaper via a command-line instruction, or ActveX script, etc.? I'd like to be able to run two such commands or scripts: 1. set wallpaper to "none" 2. set wallpaper to an image file specified in the script (no need for a chooser dialog) Thanks for any help! --Ray Your replies were very helpful--thank you! I managed to get the job done
with a 4-line batch file, which I'm going to throw into my Startup folder so that the era of manually changing my wallpaper settings every morning will end. :) The command RUNDLL32.EXE user32.dll,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters was instrumental, 'cause after finding out at http://commandwindows.com/reg.htm how to change registry entries by command line (using the /f switch in the batch file to get past the are-you-sure overwrite prompt), I suspected and then confirmed I could change what my wallpaper was designated as all day long but wouldn't see the results unless I did some kind of refresh to effect the change. So thanks again, and here's how the batch file goes, for anyone else this might help: reg add "hkcu\control panel\desktop" /v wallpaper /t REG_SZ /d "" /f RUNDLL32.EXE user32.dll,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters reg add "hkcu\control panel\desktop" /v wallpaper /t REG_SZ /d "C:\[INSERT PATH TO IMAGE FILE HERE]\Mars Rover wallpaper 1280x1024.bmp" /f RUNDLL32.EXE user32.dll,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters --Ray Show quote "Raydar" wrote: > Can anyone point me to a how-to on changing desktop wallpaper via a > command-line instruction, or ActveX script, etc.? > > I'd like to be able to run two such commands or scripts: > 1. set wallpaper to "none" > 2. set wallpaper to an image file specified in the script (no need for a > chooser dialog) > > Thanks for any help! > > --Ray  |
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