UserProfilePersonalizationSettings.TrySetWallpaperImageAsync Method

Definition

Attempts to set the specified image file as the desktop wallpaper image.

public:
 virtual IAsyncOperation<bool> ^ TrySetWallpaperImageAsync(StorageFile ^ imageFile) = TrySetWallpaperImageAsync;
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.RemoteAsync]
IAsyncOperation<bool> TrySetWallpaperImageAsync(StorageFile const& imageFile);
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.RemoteAsync]
public IAsyncOperation<bool> TrySetWallpaperImageAsync(StorageFile imageFile);
function trySetWallpaperImageAsync(imageFile)
Public Function TrySetWallpaperImageAsync (imageFile As StorageFile) As IAsyncOperation(Of Boolean)

Parameters

imageFile
StorageFile

The image to set as the desktop background.

Returns

The result of the async operation. true if the background image was set successfully; otherwise, false.

Attributes

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.TrySetWallpaperImageAsync(file);
   }
}

Remarks

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.

Applies to