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The Woo
Asked: 2011-05-11 18:35:40 +0800 CST

Changing Desktop Solid Color Via Registry

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does anyone know where in the registry for a user the current solid desktop background color is set?

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  1. Best Answer

    HKCU\Control Panel\Colors\Background

    It's a string with a space between the numbers for red/green/blue, for instance for straight blue: "0 0 255"

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  2. the command line "reg add" works well. You can also import this registry:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; remove picture wallpaper
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"WallPaper"=""

; set RGB = black
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors]
"Background"="0 0 0"
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  3. You can change the desktop background for a user in the registry.

    First remove the wallpaper, if there is one:

    reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" /v WallPaper /t REG_SZ /d " " /f

    Then set you color. The values are in RGB so for example "255 0 0" would be red.

    reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors" /v Background /t REG_SZ /d "0 66 117" /f
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  4. The changes on the registry are not applied immediately.

    A better alternative would be to use the windows function SetSysColors in C++.

    See this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/19849675/3844137

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  5. In Windows 10 1809, to set the wallpaper to Solid color: black (0 0 0)

    :: BackgroundType: 0 -> Picture | 1 -> Solid color | 2 -> Slideshow
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Wallpapers" /v BackgroundType /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v WallPaper /t REG_SZ /d "" /f
reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Colors" /v Background /t REG_SZ /d "0 0 0" /f

    Must logoff and login back to apply.

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