Wallpaper keeps changing

[squaredamian]

So the thing is that i have 2 users on the OS, the administrator one and the other "guest" one, and when i'm trying to change wallpaper on the guest one, the wallpaper changes into color after i delete the PNG file, which the system supposedly doesn't need anymore.

System is fresh install (4 days ago), it has activated key and in theory there's nothing getting in the way of working properly.

My only clue is that Wallpaper engine might be messing with TranscodedWallpaper file in appdata, but supposed fix (deleting the file and restart) didn't change much, and what's more, the wallpaper engine is not running on guest account.

I've no idea what to do about it, please help.

[eeeee1]

have you tried not deleting the PNG?

[Kanna]

5 minutes ago, squaredamian said:

So the thing is that i have 2 users on the OS, the administrator one and the other "guest" one, and when i'm trying to change wallpaper on the guest one, the wallpaper changes into color after i delete the PNG file, which the system supposedly doesn't need anymore.

System is fresh install (4 days ago), it has activated key and in theory there's nothing getting in the way of working properly.

My only clue is that Wallpaper engine might be messing with TranscodedWallpaper file in appdata, but supposed fix (deleting the file and restart) didn't change much, and what's more, the wallpaper engine is not running on guest account.

I've no idea what to do about it, please help.

It needs the png file I’m pretty sure

[squaredamian]

Just now, eeeee1 said:

have you tried not deleting the PNG?

i could do that, but i formatted the PC to get rid of mess and i don't want to start making mess again in not even a week after

[squaredamian]

1 minute ago, Kanna said:

It needs the png file I’m pretty sure

i don't think it does, in previous windows versions it was just loading somewhere and the original file was unnecessary, and i think it worked on W10 in the past as well

[Levent]

1 minute ago, squaredamian said:

i don't think it does, in previous windows versions it was just loading somewhere and the original file was unnecessary, and i think it worked on W10 in the past as well

Pretty sure that is not how it works.

[Kanna]

6 minutes ago, squaredamian said:

i could do that, but i formatted the PC to get rid of mess and i don't want to start making mess again in not even a week after

A png file doesn’t take more than some MB unless it’s really big

[squaredamian]

ok, i just left it in windows default wallpapers folder, this will have to do, thanks for help

[GoodBytes]

You always needed it. It was working before because it was cached (lower quality). You can put the PNg file under the c:\Users\public folder or in a system folder.