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Changing the wallpaper

You all know how to change wallpaper on your desktop, but I am going to show you a great little trick that you can do to change your wallpaper even faster and also one that will allow you to easily change it on multiple computers without having to go to Display Properties all the time. The trick? Just create a registry file that you can import into the registry that will overwrite your current wallpaper information. Doing so is actually very easy; just follow these steps to create your very own file: 1. Open up Notepad (located in Start Menu in the Accessories folder). 2. Type in the following code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] Wallpaper C:\\windows\\MyWallpaper.bmp WallpaperStyle1 3. You will want to replace the C:\\windows\\... with the path and filename to the bitmap that you want to use. Note that in the path, wherever there is a \, you have to put two of them in the registry file you are creating because the registry editor re...