UserProfilePersonalizationSettings Class

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.System.UserProfile

Provides properties and methods to manage the user's desktop wallpaper and lock screen background image.

public ref class UserProfilePersonalizationSettings sealed

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Threading(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ThreadingModel.Both)]
class UserProfilePersonalizationSettings final

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Threading(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ThreadingModel.Both)]
public sealed class UserProfilePersonalizationSettings

Public NotInheritable Class UserProfilePersonalizationSettings

Inheritance

Object Platform::Object IInspectable UserProfilePersonalizationSettings

Attributes

ContractVersionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute ThreadingAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Examples

using Windows.System.UserProfile;

// Pass in a relative path to a file inside the local appdata folder 
async Task<bool> SetWallpaperAsync(string localAppDataFileName) 
{ 
    bool success = false;
    if (UserProfilePersonalizationSettings.IsSupported())
    {
        var uri = new Uri("ms-appx:///Local/" + localAppDataFileName);
        StorageFile file = await StorageFile.GetFileFromApplicationUriAsync(uri);
        UserProfilePersonalizationSettings profileSettings = UserProfilePersonalizationSettings.Current;
        success = await profileSettings.TrySetLockScreenImageAsync(file);
    }
    return success;
} 

Remarks

To get an instance of this class, call the Current method.

Note

When you set an image more than once, the new image file must have a different name than the previously set image. If you set a new image using a file with the same name as the previous image, it will fail.

Properties

Current

Gets the current instance of UserProfilePersonalizationSettings.

Methods

IsSupported()	Gets a value that indicates whether changing the desktop and lock screen images is supported on the current device.
TrySetLockScreenImageAsync(StorageFile)	Attempts to set the specified image file as the lock screen background image.
TrySetWallpaperImageAsync(StorageFile)	Attempts to set the specified image file as the desktop wallpaper image.