In this article, we have provided detailed guide how to change desktop background set by your organization that you might trouble in doing this due to the restrictions imposed by the organization to the policy.
We think that changing wallpaper is the easiest thing to do in Windows 10. You are free to download and set any wallpaper from the Internet. If you want, you can use any third party apps to set wallpaper and change it automatically.
But, if you are in organization, there could be a strict policy that restricts you to change the wallpaper. Normally, when you would have to set wallpaper, the procedure you follow are firstly right-clicking over the blank screen onto the Desktop and select Personalize from the drop down menu to choose the wallpaper of your choice.
In that case, when you go to the personalization option to set the background, you would see the message “Some of these settings are hidden or managed by your organization” warning message. It is not in your hand to access those policies and disable them as these are not set locally.
Even though, there is a trick by using which you can set the desktop background. Refer the below instructions where we have provided the complete guide how to change desktop background set by your organization.
Steps how to change desktop background set by your organization
- Open Run Window by pressing Windows + R,
- Type the below command and hit Enter:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\
- There, you will see two items namely, “CachedFiles” and “TranscodedWallpaper”,
- Open CachedFiles and go to the Company Wallpaper,
- Download your favorite wallpaper and copy it the said location,
- Now, rename it same as the name of the Company Wallpaper,
- Now, open Task Manager (use shortcut Ctrl + Shift + Esc),
- Go to the Process tab,
- Under process tab, check for Windows Explorer and restart it,
- You may restart your system and you can see your favorite desktop background.
If you find this option doesn’t work, you should go through the below fixes that would help you to resolve the problem causing you to perform the steps successfully and get their easy fix. It is believed that when user is upgrading to Windows 10, sometimes their access to settings/ features are limited by a non-existing organization. The fixes below help you in getting rid of them:
Common troubleshooting steps
Fix 1: Edit Local Group Policy
Reset Group Policy regarding the organization access by enabling and disabling it. This will reset the settings and remove the bugs causing the problem:
- Press Win+ S to open search window,
- Type in gpedit.msc, right-click on the first result and then select Run as Administrator,
- Navigate to the below address:
Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Data Collection and Preview Build
- Now, find the item named Allow telemetry, double-click on it to edit policy,
- Change the settings to Enabled,
- In a new pop-up window appeared the next, select third option,
- Click Apply to save the changes and then exit the window,
- Open the item again and select Not Configured, save the changes and exit and then check if the problem goes away.
Fix 2: Grant access to the app manually
As said, the problem is likely to occur after Windows update. It is possible that the error presides in the Windows Update. You should go to the Windows settings and perform these changes to see if it is working fine now:
- On the windows search, type gpedit.msc, right-click on it and select Run as Administrator,
- Now, navigate to the below address:
Computer Configuration/ Administrative Templates/ Windows Components/ Windows Update
- Find Configure Automatic Updates, double-click on it to open its settings and mark the settings as Not Configured,
- Click Apply and Save the changes and exit,
- Restart your device and check the then if this fix works.
Fix 3: Perform changes based on Desktop Background and Lockscreen
- Run gpedit.msc command on the window run as Admin and go to the below path this time:
Computer Configuration/ Administrative Templates/ Control Panel/ Personalization
- Go to “Prevent changing start menu background”, double click on it to open its settings,
- Once in the settings and set the policy as Not Configured or Disabled,
- Click Apply to save the changes and exit.
Fix 4: Change Notifications settings
- Open Run Window and type in gpedit.msc,
- Launch it and go the below path:
User Configuration/ Administrative Templates/ Start Menu and Taskbar/ Notifications
- Look for “Turn off toast notifications on the lock screen”, right-click on it to open its settings,
- In the settings, set the policy as Not Configured or Disabled,
- Click Apply to save the changes and exit.
Fix 5: Reset GPO settings
If nothing works, you should look for the option to reset GPO settings to their default so that no setting is enabled/ disabled that rule out any settings creating the problem:
- Press Win key, type Run and click on Run,
- Type in gpedit.msc and hit Enter,
- In GP editor window, go to the below path:
Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > All Settings
- In the right pane, click on State column to sort the policy settings by state column,
- Now, change the state of these entries of Enabled/ Disabled to Not Configured and then apply the settings,
- Repeat the same steps for the below path as well:
Local Computer Policy > User Configuration > Administrative Templates > All Settings
- Restart the device and hopefully the problem is now fixed.
Conclusion
That’s all! We have provided complete guide on how to change desktop background set by your organization. We have also mentioned how to fix the problem due to which you can’t perform the step. If the problem continues, we recommend you use PC Repair Tool to look for other possible issues and get their automatic repair.
