How to change my wallpaper on Windows 10 locked screen?

Question

I want to change my wallpaper on the lock screen, but Windows 10 puts my new wallpaper only after starting and unlocking (when I press Win+l), and at startup it shows me the default wallpaper.

How can this be fixed?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 05 '23 at 05:37

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You can specify a picture as the lock screen:

Change your lock screen background

Open Settings > Personalization > Lock screen and select Picture

answered Jul 05 '23 at 05:37

Markus Meyer

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 07 '23 at 07:29

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Try these answers:

And it is always better to put even your custom wallpapers in the C:/Windows/Web/Wallpapers or Screen folders

let me know if it worked

edited Jul 07 '23 at 07:29

Markus Meyer

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answered Jul 07 '23 at 05:54

HarshNJ

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 08 '23 at 14:28

If you are not using the profile created when Windows was first installed (or for some other reason unknown to me), it's possible that you are seeing a generic lock screen image.

There's a tutorial with explanation on winaero.com on how to resolve this. In synthesis, the steps are:

Open the registry, and go to the variable

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization
Create a new string value named LockScreenImage.
Set its value data to the full path of the desired image which will be used as the lock screen image.
Restart your system.

How to change my wallpaper on Windows 10 locked screen?

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