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Set the wallpaper of your computer to a specific image. I copied this code to a gist in case the original URL goes away for some reason. http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2014/01/10/change-desktop-wallpaper.aspx
function Set-Wallpaper
{
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
$Path,
[ValidateSet('Center', 'Stretch')]
$Style = 'Stretch'
)
Add-Type @"
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using Microsoft.Win32;
namespace Wallpaper
{
public enum Style : int
{
Center, Stretch
}
public class Setter {
public const int SetDesktopWallpaper = 20;
public const int UpdateIniFile = 0x01;
public const int SendWinIniChange = 0x02;
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
private static extern int SystemParametersInfo (int uAction, int uParam, string lpvParam, int fuWinIni);
public static void SetWallpaper ( string path, Wallpaper.Style style ) {
SystemParametersInfo( SetDesktopWallpaper, 0, path, UpdateIniFile | SendWinIniChange );
RegistryKey key = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Control Panel\\Desktop", true);
switch( style )
{
case Style.Stretch :
key.SetValue(@"WallpaperStyle", "2") ;
key.SetValue(@"TileWallpaper", "0") ;
break;
case Style.Center :
key.SetValue(@"WallpaperStyle", "1") ;
key.SetValue(@"TileWallpaper", "0") ;
break;
}
key.Close();
}
}
}
"@
[Wallpaper.Setter]::SetWallpaper( $Path, $Style )
}
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