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How can I configure the wallpaper to stretch across the screen?
John Savill
January 8, 2000
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A. If you run the Desktop control panel applet (Start - Settings -Control Panel - Desktop) and select the Plus! tab you can check the box"Stretch desktop wallpaper to fill the screen" to force the wallpaperto fill the entire screen, however this can also be done by directly editingthe registry (if you don't have the Plus! tab or if you wish to perform via alogon script etc.)
Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
Move to HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop
From the Edit menu select New - String Value
Enter a name of "WallpaperStyle" (don't type the quotes) andpress enter
Double click the new value and set to 2 if you want the wallpaper to bestretched or 0 for normal display. Click OK
Close the registry editor
To make the change take effect either logoff and then logon or run theDesktop control panel applet and change anything to make it refresh the screen.
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