How To Lock The Desktop Wallpaper

Wallpapers are the computer background images that appeared on the screen whenever you see the display. Sometimes you have selected a certain Desktop wallpaper and want to keep it there, or you do not want to permit anyone to change it.

If so then this article will give you an opportunity to lock your desired desktop wallpaper and keep it as long as you want.
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How To Lock The Desktop Wallpaper :

Do you want to lock desktop wallpaper so that no one will be able to change it without your permission?

Here is the solution, just follow the steps:

1 – Click the ‘ Start ‘ button and click ‘ run ‘
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2 – type in ‘regedit’ in the text box.

3 – then search along the path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ ActiveDesktop

If there is no option, you can click the blank pane with the right button and select ‘New’ and then click ‘DWORD Value’ which named ‘NoChangingWallPaper’ and set the value with ’1′, then desktop wallpaper is locked. Do not forget to reboot the computer.

How To unlock the Computer Wallpaper:

If you want to unlock your computer wallpaper simply follow the steps:

Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Active Desktop

Set the DWORD value to be 0 or delete the DWORD altogether (don’t forget to reboot).

So that’s all, try this method and give me your feedback.

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