Prevents users from adding or changing the background design of the desktop.
By default, users can use the Desktop Background page in the Personalization or Display Control Panel to add a background design (wallpaper) to their desktop.
If you enable this setting, none of the Desktop Background settings can be changed by the user.
To specify wallpaper for a group, use the "Desktop Wallpaper" setting.
Note: You must also enable the "Desktop Wallpaper" setting to prevent users from changing the desktop wallpaper. Refer to KB article: Q327998 for more information.
Also, see the "Allow only bitmapped wallpaper" setting.
| Registry Hive | HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
| Registry Path | Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop |
| Value Name | NoChangingWallPaper |
| Value Type | REG_DWORD |
| Enabled Value | 1 |
| Disabled Value | 0 |