Desktop background

Determines if the desktop background is displayed when clients connect to the remote desktop.

Supported on:

Registry Hive	HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry Path	Software\Policies\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Client\RDP Settings
Value Name	DisableWallpaper
Value Type	REG_SZ
Enabled Value	false
Disabled Value	true

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