set-background-color

set-background-color.bat

:: See also set-wallpaper.bat

@echo off

if [%1]==[] (
    echo USAGE: set-background-color.bat [6 hexadecimal digit color value]
    echo EXAMPLE: "set-background-color.bat ffffff". This will set background color to white.
    exit
)

echo Set solid background color to 0x%1
:: Because the main color of our wallpaper is white. We need black color for the text on desktop icons...
powershell -command add-type -typedefinition """"using System;`n using System.Runtime.InteropServices;`n public class PInvoke { [DllImport(`"""user32.dll`""")] public static extern bool SetSysColors(int cElements, int[] lpaElements, int[] lpaRgbValues); }""""; [PInvoke]::SetSysColors(1, @(1), @(0x%1))