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Desktop slideshow doesn't work with multiple virtual desktops
Hi
I've been encountering the same issue lately and this solution worked for me!
- Reboot your computer
2. Don't switch virtual desktop during next steps
3. Open settings and set background to slideshow
4. Open registry editor and remove key "Wallpaper" in each subtree in \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VirtualDesktops\Desktops\ (each subtree is one virtual desktop)
5. Reboot the computer again
6. Right-click somewhere on wallpaper and click "next desktop wallpaper"
Now you can safely switch desktop or reboot your computer.
- Reboot your computer
Here is a slightly simpler version that worked for me:
- Set Personalization background to "Slideshow"
- Open the registry editor and remove the "Wallpaper" value in each subtree of \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VirtualDesktops\Desktops\ (each subtree is one virtual desktop)
- Bring up Task Manager, go to Details, and select explorer.exe. Then click the "Restart task" button in the upper right (or right-click on explorer.exe and select Restart).
It is not necessary to restart your computer.
I did this about six months ago, and it has worked perfectly until today. I believe it reverted to some prior state as part of a recent major Windows Update. I had been putting it off for a while, but after I let the computer update itself, all of the desktops were reset to some random picture. I performed the procedure again, and all of the desktops are now showing the slide show. In an ideal world each desktop would display its own set of random slideshow images (I have multiple monitors). Of course, it would be really nice if Microsoft fixed the issue by deleting the Wallpaper values from the Registry automatically whenever a user switches to a Slideshow background.