VBScript to change desktop wallpaper on startup

Question

Due to some mardy users voting down my last one, I\'ll change the question.

I want to create a VBScript, or whatever method you deem possible to do so. That sets the

Answer 1

I'm not sure if it is the best option. But you could edit the registry entry that is responsible for your background and update the necessary parameter.

Save the following in a bat file and put it into auto-start.

@echo off
reg add "HKCU\control panel\desktop" /v wallpaper /t REG_SZ /d "" /f 
reg add "HKCU\control panel\desktop" /v wallpaper /t REG_SZ /d "C:\[LOCATION OF WALLPAPER HERE]" /f 
reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General" /v WallpaperStyle /f
reg add "HKCU\control panel\desktop" /v WallpaperStyle /t REG_SZ /d 2 /f
RUNDLL32.EXE user32.dll,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters 
exit

All Credits to Tim

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Answer 2

If you wanted to do it through Powershell you could follow the instructions Here

The meat of it is you can preform this task by a simple command

Set-Wallpaper [Source] [Selection]

Now this can be achieved by pre-loading the Set-Walpaper.ps1 that was written by "TheAgreeableCow" and the code can be found on GITHUB