How can I change my Windows desktop background without administrator rights?

Question

How can I change my desktop wallpaper to something I prefer when I don't have administrator rights?

I'm using Windows 7.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 28 '15 at 07:18

6

Create a new folder C:\Users\<username>\Documents\background
Add background.html and your background.png
Insert the following into background.html:
<html>
<img src="background.png" alt="Selfhtml">
</html>
Open background.html with Firefox
Right-click on the image
--> Set as background
Voilà, your result:

answered Oct 28 '15 at 07:18

Tomblarom

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Wow. This actually works even today, on Windows 10. – pgsandstrom Nov 15 '18 at 08:40
I've been thinking about this all day. @8m47x do you know how this works? How did you find it out? – pgsandstrom Nov 15 '18 at 12:48
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Nope.. :) I found it out by accident in the past. It customized my stock school to my preferences. :) – Tomblarom Nov 15 '18 at 13:04
I am able to change the background color, but the admins have blocked setting images, any ideas for windows 10, please share – Saravanan Sep 12 '21 at 15:55
I tried using bginfo, but of no use – Saravanan Sep 12 '21 at 15:57
this did the trick for me `By going to this location in the registry: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System Inside, there's a key called Wallpaper. delete it and re-set the desktop background, and it work.` – Saravanan Sep 12 '21 at 16:09

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