It can be quite annoying to suddenly find your computer displaying a Black Desktop Background, instead of its usual colourful view. You will find below the steps to Fix Black Desktop Background in Windows 10.
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Black Desktop Background in Windows 10
The Colourful Desktop Wallpaper is such a standard feature in Windows computers that it is difficult to think of a Windows PC without a Desktop Wallpaper or background image of some kind.
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However, sometimes a Windows PC can suddenly start displaying a Black Desktop Background. This usually happens while trying to Change Desktop Background image or trying to change the Desktop Background to Slideshow Mode.
Luckily, the occurrence of Black Desktop Background in Windows 10 is quite rare and it can be fixed using any of the following methods.
1. Enable Show Windows Background Option
Follow the steps below to make sure that “Show Windows Background” option is enabled on your computer.
1. Go to Settings > Ease of Access > click on Other Options in the left-pane. In the right-pane, make sure that Show Windows Background option is enabled.
2.Restart your computer and see if its usual Desktop Background has returned back.
2. Switch Desktop Background Type
Sometimes the simple act of switching to a different background type can fix the problem of Black Desktop background in Windows 10.
1. Go to Settings > Personalization > click on Background in the left-pane. In the right-pane, change the Background type from Color/Picture to Slideshow.
2. Once Slideshow Background appears, you can switch back to your original Colour or Picture Background.
3. Replace Black Desktop Background With Picture
A quick way to get rid of black desktop background in Windows 10 is to replace the Black Desktop Background with any Pictures available on your computer.
1. Right-click on Windows 10 Start button and click on File Explorer.
2. Navigate to Pictures or any other Folder or Location where an image that you want to save as Desktop Background is located.
3. Right-click on the image and click on Set as Desktop Background in the contextual menu.
4. Unselect High Contrast Black
1. Go to Settings > Personalization > click on Colors in the left pane. In the right-pane, scroll down and click on High Contrast Settings link.
2. On the next screen, change High Contrast Black to None.
5. Check Ease Of Access Settings
The problem of a Black Desktop Background in Window 10 could also be due to accidental change in Ease of Access Settings.
1. Open the Control Panel on your computer.
2. On Control Panel screen, make sure that you are in Category View and click on Ease of Access.
3. Next, click on Ease of Access Center > Make the computer easier to see.
4. On the next screen, scroll down and uncheck Remove background images option.
5. Click on Apply and OK to save this setting.
After this set a Wallpaper of your choice as the Background Image on your computer by going to Settings > Personalization > Background.
6. Check Power Plan Settings
The problem of Black Desktop Background in Windows 10 can also be due to Power Settings in Control Panel.
1. Open the Control Panel on your computer.
2. On the Control Panel Screen, make sure that you are in “Category” view and then click on System and Security option.
3. On the System and Security Screen, click on Power Options.
4. Click on Change Plan Settings link located next to the current Power Plan on your computer (See image below).
5. Click on Change Advanced Power Settings link.
6. On the next screen, expand the item for Desktop background settings and make sure that Slide Show is set to Available (See image below).
If Slide Show option was disabled, enable the option for Slide Show and then set a Wallpaper of your choice by going to Settings > Personalization >Background.
7. Corrupt TranscodedWallpaper File
In case none of the above methods are working, it is likely that TranscodedWallpaper File on your computer is corrupted.
1. Right-click on Windows 10 Start button and click on File Explorer.
2. Navigate to C: Users/User Account/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Themes Folder and Rename TranscodedWallpaper File to TranscodedWallpaper.old.
Note: Enable Show Hidden Files option, in case you are unable to see AppData Folder
3. While you are still in Themes Folder, open Settings.ini File using Notepad, delete contents of this file (if any) and save this file.
After completing above steps, setup a new Desktop Background on your computer by going to Settings > Personalization >Background.
Windows 10 comes with its own stock of Desktop Background Images and also allows users to upload their own Desktop Background Images. However, do you know how to delete desktop background images in Windows 10, in case you wanted to?
Delete Desktop Background Images in Windows 10
As you must have noticed, right-click does not work when you try to delete system desktop background images that already exist on your computer.
Similarly, you will not be able to right-click and delete external images that you may have uploaded and used previously as desktop background images on your computer.
Hence, we are providing below the steps to delete both System and Uploaded Desktop Background images in Windows 10.
1. Delete Desktop Background Images (System Images)
In Windows 10, system desktop background images are stored in “Wallpaper” Folder which can be easily accessed using the File Explorer on your computer.
1. Right-click on the Start button and click on File Explorer.
2. On File Explorer screen, navigate to C:WindowsWeb and double-click on the Wallpaper Folder.
Note: You can also access the Wallpaper Folder by typing “C:WindowsWebWallpaper” in Windows search bar.
3. In the ‘Wallpaper’ folder, you will see other Folders containing System Desktop Background images.
4. To delete any System Desktop Background image, simply right-click on the image and click on the Delete option.
Windows 10 Change Folder Image
The selected Desktop Background image will be deleted from your computer.
2. Delete Desktop Background Images (Uploaded Images)
If you had set an external image as Desktop Background, the image will be located in the same location from which you had set the image as desktop background.
You should be able to find the external desktop background image in common download locations like Pictures, Downloads, Library or somewhere on the Desktop.
If you are totally lost and unable to find the location of the desktop background image, you can follow the steps below to locate and delete the desktop background image.
Desktop Background Folder Windows 10
1. Open Settings on your computer and click on Personalization.
2. On the Personalization screen, click on Themes in the left pane. In the right-pane, you will see the Name of the desktop image under “Background” section (See image below).
3. Type the Name of the desktop background image in the search bar and you should be able to see the Location of the image file and will be able to access the file by clicking on Open File Location option.
Change Folder Background Windows 10
4. Once you reach the Image File Location, right-click on the image and click on Delete option in the drop-down.
If the image that you just deleted is your current Desktop Background Image, you will continue to see the same Desktop background, until you Switch to another Desktop Background Image.
Changing Folder Background In Windows 10
To switch to another Desktop Background image, go to Settings > Personalization > Background > and select your New Desktop Background Image.