Windows 7/8 Wallpaper Registry Keys (Slideshow) [closed]

Question

Closed. This question does not meet Stack Overflow guidelines. It is not currently accepting answers.

---

This question does not appear to be about a specific programming problem, a software algorithm, or software tools primarily used by programmers. If you believe the question would be on-topic on another Stack Exchange site, you can leave a comment to explain where the question may be able to be answered.

Closed 4 years ago.

Improve this question

I'm wondering where the registry keys are for the wallpaper locations, slideshow duration, and wallpaper fit so I can make a quick registry patch.

Answer 1

You can find wallpaper location and wallpaper fit in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.

The information about slideshow is not in Windows registry. You have to open path:

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\

and make sure, that hidden files are visible (you can change that in folder options).

You can see slideshow.ini. There are tags for root slideshow image and slideshows. I don't know how to decode it. Have fun :)

Answer 2

There is a registry entry which contains (but not controls) the current slideshow duration in miliseconds. It is

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Personalization\Desktop Slideshow\Interval

You can change it, but the next time you use the theme, the duration will be 15 minutes again. That duration is copied from:

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\<i>Themes\theme_name\theme_name.theme</i>  

(a text file) where there is an item named Interval near the end of the file. You can change the value of that entry to, say:

Interval=14400000

which is 4 hours, or any other value. But I do not know where the 15 minutes duration comes initially from.