How to Add Desktop Background to Control Panel in Windows


Your desktop background (also called wallpaper) can be a picture from your personal collection or included with Windows, a solid color, or a slideshow playing selected pictures randomly on all displays.

Changing your desktop background in Windows 10 is now done in Settings instead of the Control Panel.

This tutorial will show you how to add the classic Desktop Background applet to the Control Panel for all users in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove Desktop Background in the Control Panel.


EXAMPLE: Desktop Background in Control Panel (icons view) and Control Panel (category view)
How to Add Desktop Background to Control Panel in Windows-desktop_background_control_panel_large_icons.png How to Add Desktop Background to Control Panel in Windows-desktop_background_control_panel_category.png

EXAMPLE: Classic Desktop Background
How to Add Desktop Background to Control Panel in Windows-classic_desktop_background.png


Here's How:

1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.


2 To Add "Desktop Background" to Control Panel

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_Desktop_Background_to_Control_Panel.reg

Download


3 To Remove "Desktop Background" from Control Panel

This is the default setting

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_Desktop_Background_from_Control_Panel.reg

Download


4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 If the Control Panel is currently open, then close and reopen it to apply.

8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


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