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Change background of a Windows 7 machine using Registry

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Problem

I connected my machine to a work group. The settings to change the wallpaper is in server machine, so that all the machine will have same wallpaper. Now how can I change my machine's wallpaper using registry ? After reading some answers, I created with the following content, and created a shortcut …

Error Output

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"Wallpaper"="C:\Users\Public\Pictures\Sample Pictures\Koala.jpg"

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Fix for: Change background of a Windows 7 machine using Registry

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Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop and change Wallpaper key value to the full path of your image.

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