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there is a problem on one pc with not activated Windows 10. It automatically randomly changes wallpaper. If I go to personalize settings I can see it says wallpaper: presentation, album: Madagaskar. Obviously I can't change these settings because windows is not activated (perfectly functional otherwise) I removed the folders with photos from library pictures (it's on E: drive), but still Windows finds it and uses it for wallpapers.

I found the string Madagaskar in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Wallpapers. I tried changing BackgroundType from 2 to 1 or 0 in registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Wallpapers

but nothing changed. Deleting this key makes it reappear after logoff/login. Any idea how to make this wallpaper change stop or change it to solid color?

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    +1. We can learn something interesting from this.
    – Mr Ethernet
    Commented Dec 9, 2019 at 21:42

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Reset to default
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Allright I admit it's a bit of a hack. I found that the current wallpaper is in file TranscodedWallpaper. It is possible to replace this file and deny changes to it. That's it.

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