Command line wallpaper changer??

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R.L.,

Can you be more specific? Do you want to select a random image, or do you
just want something to set a specified image as wallpaper, or...

Eric
 
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"R. L."


R.L.,

Can you be more specific? Do you want to select a random
image, or do you just want something to set a specified
image as wallpaper, or...

Eric
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No need to be random.
I want to be able to use command line to specify an image for
wallpaper. So I can set up a task schedule to do (or for that
matter write a script for it), without runing something like a
wallpaper changer in the backgroud in the background. Thanks.





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R. L. said:
No need to be random.
I want to be able to use command line to specify an image for
wallpaper. So I can set up a task schedule to do (or for that
matter write a script for it), without runing something like a
wallpaper changer in the backgroud in the background. Thanks.
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If you're interested, you are welcome to a copy of my WPSet program, which
does exactly what you want.
It's one very small (23 KB) file, and it contains absolutely no spy-, ad-,
mal-, or other "nasty-ware".

It's used like this: WPSet "C:\My Images\Wallpaper\NewWallpaper.bmp".
Note that the image filename MUST be enclosed in quotes if it has any
embedded spaces.
It will work with a BMP file directly, as well as a JPG file by first
converting it to a BMP.
It does not change the Center/Tile/Stretch setting; it just sets the
wallpaper image.

Send me an e-mail if you want a copy!

Regards,
Eric
 
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If you're interested, you are welcome to a copy of my WPSet
program, which does exactly what you want.
It's one very small (23 KB) file, and it contains
absolutely no spy-, ad-, mal-, or other "nasty-ware".

It's used like this: WPSet "C:\My
Images\Wallpaper\NewWallpaper.bmp". Note that the image
filename MUST be enclosed in quotes if it has any embedded
spaces. It will work with a BMP file directly, as well as a
JPG file by first converting it to a BMP.
It does not change the Center/Tile/Stretch setting; it just
sets the wallpaper image.

Send me an e-mail if you want a copy!

Regards,
Eric
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Hi, Eric, certainly. Just did - check your in box :)

Thank you!!




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R. L. said:
Hi, Eric, certainly. Just did - check your in box :)

Thank you!!
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yea, erics programis pretty good. i use it on my machine at once. another
thing you can do is snag "themes.exe" from any 9x or ME machine (or even 2K)
and run the command "themes /r"
 
R. L., R. L., R. L..... did you really write this article
( said:
Is there something like this??? (for XP)
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Get the "BlackBox for Windows" package from http://www.bb4win.org .
Extract just 'bsetbg.exe' and 'bsetroot.exe'. Copy those to your Windows
directory. Then try:

start -> run -> bsetbg 'Path to a image file'.

[]s
 
R. L., R. L., R. L..... did you really write this article
(<[email protected]>) in newsgroup
(alt.comp.freeware) at the date of (Fri, 06 Aug 2004
16:41:34 GMT)?
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Get the "BlackBox for Windows" package from
http://www.bb4win.org . Extract just 'bsetbg.exe' and
'bsetroot.exe'. Copy those to your Windows directory. Then
try:

start -> run -> bsetbg 'Path to a image file'.

[]s
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Hmm...that makes me think of something, if I use this while I
am using Litestep, would there be a conflict?


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It was a dark and stormy night when "R. L." <(removethis)
Hmm...that makes me think of something, if I use this while I
am using Litestep, would there be a conflict?
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Some time ago I used to use bsetroot to change the wallpaper when
switching themes in LiteStep (0.24.6) and it worked Ok at that time.

Regards
 
R. L., R. L., R. L..... did you really write this article
(<[email protected]>) in newsgroup (alt.comp.freeware) at the
date of (Sat, 07 Aug 2004 04:03:45 GMT)?

Hmm...that makes me think of something, if I use this while I
am using Litestep, would there be a conflict?
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No. I am using it with LiteStep. No problems so far
 
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If you're interested, you are welcome to a copy of my WPSet
program, which does exactly what you want.
It's one very small (23 KB) file, and it contains
absolutely no spy-, ad-, mal-, or other "nasty-ware".
Click to expand...
It's used like this: WPSet "C:\My
Images\Wallpaper\NewWallpaper.bmp". Note that the image
filename MUST be enclosed in quotes if it has any embedded
spaces. It will work with a BMP file directly, as well as a
JPG file by first converting it to a BMP.
It does not change the Center/Tile/Stretch setting; it just
sets the wallpaper image.

Send me an e-mail if you want a copy!

Regards,
Eric
Click to expand...



Hi, Eric, got it :-)


Thank you!!!

:)


ps. you didn't receive my email because seemingly the Hotmail
account messed up on sending again :-(



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