Windows 10 Background Doesn’t Change While Charging
Windows 10 has a background slideshow feature that helps you change your desktop background images on a regular basis. You can also set the time span of a specific photo in the slideshow. After that particular time period, photos get changed.
This is a very unique feature that makes the desktop background dynamic without having to manually change the background image. However, a problem was reported on a desktop background slide that did not change when the laptop/tablet was unplugged from the power source.
It only happens on the laptop/tablet when the laptop/tablet is running on battery. This is not a bug just by doing some changes in the settings. You can also enable desktop background slideshow in battery mode.
How to Change Windows 10 Background While Charging
If Windows 10 background doesn’t change while charging, what should you do? Here is the method to change Windows 10 background while charging. Follow the steps below to do it.
Step 1: Open Control Panel and search for Power & sleep settings, then open it.
Step 2: Then click the Additional power settings from the right pane and click Change plan settings.
Step 3: Click Change advanced power settings as shown in the image below.
Step 4: Inside the Power Options window, expand the Desktop background settings and click the + sign to expand the Slide show.
Step 5: There, you will see the On battery option. It would be set as Paused. Click it and select Available followed by Apply and OK buttons respectively.
Now, your background slideshow will change after a specified time whether your laptop/tablet is unplugged or not.
Further reading
Then, I will introduce how to change the Windows 10 desktop background. To change Windows wallpaper themes, you should follow the steps below:
Step 1: You should open the Windows 10 wallpaper location and choose a picture you want:
Step 2: Right-click the blank space of your Windows 10 desktop.
Step 3: Choose the Personalize option from the context menu.
Step 4: Find the Background section in the right pane of the Settings window.
Step 5: If the Picture option is selected under Background, you can choose a picture under Choose your picture. You can also click the Browse button, choose a picture from your computer, and click on the Choose picture button to confirm.
After that, you have changed the Windows 10 desktop background successfully. There is all about how to change Windows 10 background while charging.
Final Words
From this post, you can learn some information about the background slideshow feature of Windows 10. And you can know the method to change Windows 10 background while charging. I hope this post can be helpful to you.
Originally published at https://www.minitool.com on October 16, 2019.
