How to fix the error that cannot install the desktop wallpaper on Windows 10

Refer to the article below to learn how to fix the error of not installing laptop wallpaper on Windows 10.

To set the desktop background, the easiest way is to right-click on the image, choose Set as desktop background, or another way is to click Settings => Personalization => Background and choose any image as wallpaper.

However sometimes users may encounter the error of not installing the wallpaper. Here are 10 ways to fix the error of not installing laptop wallpaper on Windows 10.

Method 1: Basic error correction

Step 1: Try disabling the Show Windows background option.

Step 2: Check and uninstall the 3rd party custom software that you install, sometimes these software can be the cause of the error of not installing the laptop wallpaper.

Step 3: Reinstall Windows from the recovery key.

Method 2: Check if Widows 10 is activated or not

Windows 10 that has not been licensed may prevent you from installing and changing the wallpaper through the Settings app (settings). Follow the steps below to check if Windows 10 has a license activated:

Step 1: Right-click the Start button, select Run or alternatively press Ctrl + R to open the Run window.

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Step 2: Type explorer shell ::: {D555645E-D4F8-4C29-A827-D93C859C4F2A} pageEasierToSee into it and press Enter.

Step 3: At this time, the screen will display the window Make computer easier to see.

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Step 4: In the section Make things on the screen easier to see, uncheck the option Remove background images (where available).

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Step 5: Click OK.

Step 6: Restart your computer and try to install wallpaper to see if the error persists.

Method 3: Create a new user account under Admin

Step 1: Click Start => Settings.

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Step 2: On the Settings window, find and click Family and Other people.

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Step 3: Select Accounts.

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Step 4: Click on Add someone else to this PC.

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Step 5: Enter any username and password to create a new user account.

Step 6: Click on Change account type.

Step 7: Click on the menu, choose Administrator to set up Admin rights for the account.

Step 8: Finally, restart the laptop and log in with the new account, try setting the wallpaper to see if the error persists or not.

Method 4: Delete TranscodedWallpaper or slideshow file in Registry editor

Sometimes the cause of the failure to install the Windows 10 laptop wallpaper can be because the image file you use is damaged and has to be deleted.

Step 1: Click Start => File Explorer.

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Step 2: Paste the below path in the address bar:

% USERPROFILE% AppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsThemes

Step 3: Double-click the slideshow.ini file and open the file in Notepad.

Step 4: Erase the contents of the file.

Step 5: Save your changes and close the File Explorer window.

Step 6: Finally, try reinstalling the desktop wallpaper to see if the error persists.

Method 5: Fix the error through Registry Editor

Step 1: Open the Run window by pressing Windows + R, type regedit and press Enter to open the Registry Editor window.

Step 2: On the Registry Editor window, navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPolicies

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Step 3: Find and right-click Policies => select New => Key and name the new key ActiveDesktop.

Step 4: Next in the right pane, right-click New => DWORD and name it NoChangingWallPaper. Set the DWORD value to 0.

Step 5: Restart the laptop and try to install the wallpaper.

Method 6: Perform a clean boot

By performing a clean boot to fix problems, a software-related conflict error can be the cause of the laptop wallpaper failure not being installed.

Follow the steps below:

Step 1: Login to your Admin account, then enter msconfig in the Search box on the Start Menu.

Step 2: Click to open the System Configuration window.

Step 3: On the window find and click the Services tab.

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Step 4: Check Hide all Microsoft services.

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Step 5: Click on Disable all.

Step 6: Next, access the Startup tab, click Open Task Manager.

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Step 7: Close the Task manager window and then click OK.

Step 8: Finally, restart the laptop and install the wallpaper to see if the error persists or not.

Method 7: Disable video driver

Step 1: Right-click the Start button, select Device Manager.

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Step 2: Right-click on Video Card, select Disable.

Step 3: Restart the laptop and try to install, change the background image to see if the error persists or not.

Option 8: Fix errors through Ease of Access center

Step 1: Click Start => Settings.

Step 2: Select Ease of Access.

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Step 3: Click on the link Optimize Visual Display.

Step 4: Scroll down to find Make the computer easier to see, uncheck the option Remove background images (where available).

Step 5: Click Save => Apply and close the window.

Method 9: Use Group Policy Editor

Step 1: Open the Run window and type gpedit.msc into it and press Enter.

Step 2: On the Local Group Policy Editor window, find and click User configuration.

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Step 3: Click on Administrative Templates.

Step 4: Double click on Control Panel.

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Step 5: Double click on Personalization.

Step 6: Find and double click Prevent changing desktop background.

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Step 7: Select Not Configured or Disabled to allow changing the background image.

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Method 10: Activate Show Windows Background

Step 1: Click Start => Settings.

Step 2: Select Ease of Access.

Step 3: Click on More Options.

Step 4: Find and enable the Show Windows Background option.

The above TipsMake article has just guided you how to fix the error of not installing Windows 10 background image when using the Laptop. Hope the information is useful to you. Good luck.

Kareem Winters

Update 05 April 2021