Windows 10 Background Slideshow Subfolders
4 Votes2527 ViewsIt seems that Windows 10's desktop slideshow does not use pictures from inside subfolders. Is there a way to get it to use these pictures?I have a Wallpapers folder with subfolders like Landscapes and Architecture. The subfolders have pictures in them. Wallpapers has no pictures in it directly.I want the slideshow to use all of the pictures from all of the subfolders.In Settings Personalization Background, I set:. Background = Slideshow. Choose albums for your slideshow = WallpapersThe desktop just shows whatever the last photo was, or sometimes just a weird, small grid pattern.If I put a couple pictures in the Wallpapers folder, it will use those as expected. So I think the issue is that it doesn't look in subfolders, but I don't want to dismantle my organizational system.Is there a way to get it to use the pictures from all the subfolders?
I wanted to do this exact same thing and it took me a while to figure out how to accomplish it. What I ended up doing was using a combination of a custom library and the old Windows wallpaper settings.To create a library with the folders you want, click on Libraries in the left side panel of a Windows folder (or if you removed the Libraries link from there you can just type Libraries into the navigation bar). Once you're in the Libraries folder you can right-click and select new Library. Then add folders to your new library by right-clicking on it, selecting Properties, and clicking the 'Add.' Button.The Window 10 'Personalize' window doesn't let you select a library (other than your default Pictures library), but the old-style wallpaper settings does and that can be accessed with this command: rundll32.exe shell32.dll,ControlRunDLL desk.cpl,@desktopI created a shortcut to this and put it in my Wallpapers folder, but you can also just enter that command in the Cortana search field.
Slideshow Background Pictures
From this window you can browse to your new library.