Only change wallpaper of selected virtual desktops in windows 11

[mel-nemr]

The ability to only affect specific windows 11 virtual desktops so we can make use of the new Windows 11 feature of seperate desktop backgrounds. Ideally this would include the ability to apply different themes to different virtual desktops.

[vslmc]

With pwsh you can make it work right now.
The registry key is: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VirtualDesktops\Desktops + \<desktop_id> (afaik there is no built-in method to get the id, but a module in PSGallery)
Use WDD to run the script and replace the wallpaper value in the registry

[carlosvsilva]

I also would enjoy setting different dynamic backgrounds assigned to each virtual desktop.

Using that Virtual-Desktop powershell module I can set a single image, but not a dynamic theme like WDD does.

I hope there's a way to assign a theme to each virtual desktop. Thanks.

Best regards,
Carlos Silva

[TheLucasSchwarz]

I have the Problem not all of my virtual desktops get updated when there is a switch in the daytime. I don't want a specific wallpaper for each Desktop. Right now, I have to refresh them manually. So this is frustrating. Is there a solution to fix that? This would be great. Thanks!

[t1m0thyj]

@TheLucasSchwarz Have you tried installing the script to sync virtual desktops as suggested here? It should automatically refresh the wallpaper across all virtual desktops.

[TheLucasSchwarz]

@t1m0thyj, thank you very much! That solved my issue.