How to Change Windows background using Python 2.7.3

Question

I am using windows 8 (not yet updated to 8.1)

The code I am using is

import ctypes

SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER = 20

ctypes.windll

Answer 1

Try passing SPIF_SENDCHANGE (which is 2) as the last parameter. You might also need to bitwise-or it with SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE (which is 1).