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Badger51
Copper Contributor
Nov 29, 2025

Personalizing Desktop Background

I have selected a folder for use in displaying background images for my Win 11 Desktop.  The folder has sub-folders within it.  However, only those images located in the "root" of the folder are displayed.  How can I tell Windows to use the sub-folders to select an image to display.

 

 

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  • Matthiasar's avatar
    Matthiasar
    Iron Contributor
    Dec 04, 2025

    In Windows 11, when setting a folder for desktop background slideshow, the default behavior is to only include images located directly in the selected folder, not in its sub-folders. Unfortunately, the built-in Desktop Background slideshow settings do not support recursive inclusion of sub-folders.

    • Badger51's avatar
      Badger51
      Copper Contributor
      Dec 04, 2025

      Thanks,

       

      Google seems to be able to sort it out on my display devices, sad that Microsoft can't do the same...

      Appreciate the information

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