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jshare:
I'm looking for Win7 software, preferably freeware, that can randomly choose desktop background images from a directory (and its subdirectories), stretch the image to fill the screen if necessary, and change the desktop background image every X seconds.

I just upgraded my wife's PC to Win7 from XP. On XP, she was using an old XP Powertoy to change the desktop background images every 3 seconds, and the images were being chosen from a large directory hierarchy of family pictures. This way, our second monitor became a large digital photo frame when it wasn't being used for DVDs, and we often found ourselves and/or our kids watching the pictures.

Win7's own background image settings allow an automatic image change every 10 seconds at least, but the images can only be taken from a single directory and not a directory hierarchy such as our family photos of the past 10 years. Although, if anyone knows some registry hacks to change this, I'm interested.

A good resource is this: http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/best-free-wallpaper-changer.htm

Most of the listed programs there either don't support time intervals lower than 1 minute or don't support choosing images randomly from subdirectories or aren't compatible with Win7.

Any suggestions?

Jacob

Stoic Joker:
I'm looking for Win7 software, preferably freeware, that can randomly choose desktop background images from a directory (and its subdirectories), stretch the image to fill the screen if necessary, and change the desktop background image every X seconds.-jshare (January 25, 2012, 03:30 PM)
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Um... Windows 7 already does that natively. You can go as low/fast as changing the WP every 10 seconds if you like.

jshare:
Er... yes, I did say that too :)

In any case, I need a faster change than every 10 seconds.

Curt:
Wallpapers are not meant to be changed that often. What you're asking for in real life may be a screensaver. The two best of both kinds in my opinion are Murphy's automatic wallpaper-changer, AWC, and exisoftware's Endless Slideshow Screensaver Pro. I use both.

http://awc.smurphy.co.uk/ wallpaper-changer, not a screensaver
http://www.exisoftware.com/slideshow-screensaver/upgrade.html screensaver

MikeMcLoughlin:
Hi Jacob

Try the lite (free) version of this, you won't be disappointed.

http://www.nuonsoft.com/wallpapercycler/

Mike

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