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Deploy Desktop Background Wallpaper Using Group Policy

This document provides instructions for deploying a desktop background wallpaper to users through Group Policy by creating a GPO, configuring the Desktop Wallpaper administrative template within to specify an image file and fill style, linking the GPO to a domain or OU, and waiting for clients to receive the updated policy and apply the new wallpaper.

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Deploy Desktop Background Wallpaper Using Group Policy

This document provides instructions for deploying a desktop background wallpaper to users through Group Policy by creating a GPO, configuring the Desktop Wallpaper administrative template within to specify an image file and fill style, linking the GPO to a domain or OU, and waiting for clients to receive the updated policy and apply the new wallpaper.

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Deploy Desktop Background Wallpaper

using Group Policy


Open the Group Policy Management Console. In the Group Policy Management
Console, right click on the domain and click Create a GPO in this domain and link it
here. You can also create a group policy object and later use the option Link an
existing GPO.

To link an existing GPO, right-click the domain or OU within the domain, and then
click Link an Existing GPO. Provide a name to the GPO, once the GPO is created, right
click on the GPO and click Edit. This will open the Group Policy Management Editor.

In Group Policy Management Editor, expand User Configuration, expand


Administrative Templates, expand Desktop, and then click Desktop. In the details
pane, double-click Desktop Wallpaper.
To enable this setting click Enabled. The wallpaper name should be set to either local
path of the image or it can be UNC path. Set the wallpaper style as Fill. This will work
best with most screen resolutions. Click Apply and OK.
You need to apply this group policy to the user group. Note that this policy is
applicable only to domain users. If you are looking to apply the same policy to
computers then you should make use of Loopback processing of Group Policy

On the client machine wait for the policy to get updated. The users may have to log
off and login once to see the changed desktop wallpaper. In the below screenshot
we see that desktop wallpaper policy settings have been successfully applied.

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