Schedule Automatic Wallpaper Changes (Windows)
1. Download the free program Command Line Wallpaper Changer and install (or rather, extract).
2. Control Panel > Scheduled Tasks
3. Click “Add Scheduled Task”
4. Click “Next”
5. Browse for CLWCP.exe (it’s wherever you extracted it to).
6. “Perform this task” however often you want, I have mine daily. (Time is set in next step)
7. Set the Start Time (time at which you want to change wallpaper). Leave the rest of the options, or change as you see fit. Click “Next”.
8. Fill out user name and password as needed. Click “Next”.
9. Check “Open advanced properties…” and click “Finish”.
10. In the Advanced Properties window: under the “Run” entry, add the path to the wallpaper you want to change at the end, putting in quotes if you have spaces.
eg. “D:\Customize\Command Line Wallpaper Changer Portable\CLWCP.exe” “D:\Customize\wallpaper\1 wp.jpg”
11. Click “OK”. Done!
Repeat 3 to 11 for multiple changes.
There is one thing with this method though. Under M$ Vista one need to check “Run this task with highest privilages” in the task propeties dialog to allow CLWCP.exe to write a copy of the image under C:\Windows. Otherwise the wallpaper may be disabled after one logs out / locks his/her profile. Other than that a nearly perfect solution xD
Dziarski
7 Aug 08 at 6:59 pm
Great, thanks for the tip! I’ve yet to try this on Vista, so I didn’t know about that.
hsadan
8 Aug 08 at 12:33 pm