I am looking for a way with script to change the folder that is used for desktop background slideshows (see image below):
There have been multiple questions on SuperUser about changing the background color, accent color, or how to advance the slideshow to the next picture via command line, but I haven't found anything that asks (or answers), how to set the directory for the slideshow via command line or script.
I've tried
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" /v Wallpaper /t REG_SZ /d E:\pics\X\bee old\pics \f
then following up with:
RUNDLL32.EXE user32.dll,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters
Also tried :
reg add "HKCU\control panel\desktop" /v wallpaper /t REG_SZ /d "E:\pics\X\bee old\pics\" /f
then following up with:
RUNDLL32.EXE user32.dll,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters
but this does neither of these change anything.
There are some good techniques shown in this answer, however I do not want to have to kill explorer to make any changes. I'd like to explore the idea of swapping out the slideshow.ini file stored in ~\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\ but this requires a restart of explorer (how does the Windows desktop manager change this without restarting explorer? HMMM).
