Goal:
To remove the ability to change the desktop wallpaper.
Through a registry tweak, I was able to disable the wallpaper changer in Display Properties.
Unfortunately, that still leaves the option to right click a graphic file thumbnail in Explorer and select ‘Set as Desktop Background.’
I tried this:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
“ClassicViewState”=dword:00000001
But that only gets rid of the bottom left corner thumbnail option in Explorer. It doesn’t eliminate the thumbnail option all together.
Does anyone know a way to remove the option to ‘Set as Desktop Background’ from the context menu (for .BMP and .JPG files) or a way to remove the thumbnail option from the Windows Explorer – View list and button?
I’ve searched through the Registry and tried some old tricks but haven’t found anything that works yet.