Any gpo to remove wallpaper windows 10 ?

Question

_{Wednesday, November 1, 2017 4:05 PM}

Hello,

During migration from W7 to W10, I am trying to delete wallpaper (or replace with a solid color) for users.

It seems to be more complex than I thought.

Is there a (simple) way for a so simple goal ? I mean something simple for an admin, not a manual solution.

Thanks 

All replies (7)

_{Wednesday, November 1, 2017 10:55 PM}

How are you migrating ? MDT ? SCCM ? 

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_{Wednesday, November 1, 2017 10:56 PM}

Have a look : https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/4b7dfa64-42ed-49bf-9239-d99e07f2781a/windows-10-deployment-mdt-2013?forum=win10itprosetup

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_{Thursday, November 2, 2017 2:30 AM}

In Start Search type gpedit.msc and press the enter key.

Now Under Local Group Policy Editor open User Configuration > Desktop > Desktop Wallpaper > Enable the policy.

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_{Thursday, November 2, 2017 11:38 AM}

Hi,

After migrated to Windows 10, we could enable "desktop wallpaper" in Group Policy.

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_{Friday, November 3, 2017 8:16 AM}

Hi

Thanks people how has answered.

I am not deploying from MDT or SCCM. Just migrate inplace without any tools exept W10 features, and using GPO for personalyse the desktop.

I have already tried standard GPO way of course. There is no feature to achieve the replacement of a the default JPG for a simple solid colour.

I have tried the script below, it is not working. Maybe because my custom JPG does not respond of specialized standard (tried the HTML & CSS best practices)

TAKEOWN /F %SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\img0.jpg
ICACLS %SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\img0.jpg /reset
RENAME %SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\img0.jpg imgX.jpg
XCOPY "\\mydirectory\myfile" "%SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper\Windows" /D /E /C /R /I /K /Y
REG ADD "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v wallpaper /t REG_SZ /d "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\Myfile.jpg" /f

To be clear, I am trying to acheived by any automatic funtions the link below.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17144/windows-10-change-desktop-background

I give up. To much waisting time for this.

Now I will waist my time for removing Mail icon from taskbar... Another long story I guess...

_{Friday, November 3, 2017 8:17 AM}

Hi

Thanks people how has answered.

I am not deploying from MDT or SCCM. Just migrate inplace without any tools exept W10 features, and using GPO for personalyse the desktop.

I have already tried standard GPO way of course. There is no feature to achieve the replacement of a the default JPG for a simple solid colour.

I have tried the script below, it is not working. Maybe because my custom JPG does not respond of specialized standard (tried the HTML & CSS best practices)

TAKEOWN /F %SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\img0.jpg
ICACLS %SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\img0.jpg /reset
RENAME %SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\img0.jpg imgX.jpg
XCOPY "\\mydirectory\myfile" "%SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper\Windows" /D /E /C /R /I /K /Y
REG ADD "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v wallpaper /t REG_SZ /d "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Windows\Myfile.jpg" /f

To be clear, I am trying to acheived by any automatic funtions the link below.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17144/windows-10-change-desktop-background

I give up. To much waisting time for this.

Now I will waist my time for removing Mail icon from taskbar... Another long story I guess...

_{Monday, November 6, 2017 10:44 AM}

Hi, 

Thank you for your feedback.

Sorry for misunderstood your issue. I found a step manual to change the background image to simple color. If you have not give up, please try to check. 

Changing Background Colour and Wallpaper via Group Policy

But I know it might be take some time, if you have give it up, please leave it alone.

If you have another other issue about Windows 10, please create a new thread for the new issue, we will do our best to help you.

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