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javawinapi
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Reputation: 1375

Getting the current wallpaper file name in Windows 7

Is there any way to get the current wallpaper file name in Windows 7 (perhaps through a dll call) when it's shuffling randomly between many wallpapers?

I have many backgrounds set to randomly change after a few minutes and I would like to remove ones that come up that I don't like from the list. It would save me a lot of time if I could just ask windows what the filename of the wallpaper is that it's currently displaying.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1051

Answers (1)

SubjectX
SubjectX

Reputation: 896

I know its a bit old question, but there is another solution to the problem:

@echo off
echo.
echo The path to the current Desktop background image is:
echo.
REG QUERY "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General" /v WallpaperSource
pause
exit

Hope it helps to somebody.

BTW: how could I get that return string into parameter of delete?

Upvotes: 1

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