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New Feature - Shuffling Desktop Backgrounds in Windows 7

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[ This article is posted at ElMajdal.Net website: http://elmajdal.net/Win7/New_Feature_Shuffling_Desktop_Backgrounds_in_Windows_7.aspx ]

What would you say if you can have your favorite images displayed as your desktop backgrounds, and that you have the control to set the time that it will take to flip from one picture to another, how about if you can shuffle these pictures in a random order? Well, all this can be done now without the need to any third party, only with Windows 7.

Note: This article was written when Windows 7 was still in BETA 1, changes might occur to the product once it is RTM.

Windows 7 has a new feature that allows you to select not a single picture, but a folder that contains your pictures and set them all as your desktop backgrounds. For example, most of the time we chose pictures so that we really enjoy every time we look on the desktop.

For the purpose of this article, we have prepared a folder that contains 10 images of a sunset. So let's shuffle our desktop backgrounds.

  1. Right-click any empty space on your desktop and choose **Personalize

    http://elmajdal.net/Win7/New_Feature_Shuffling_Desktop_Backgrounds_in_Windows_7/1-personalize.png

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  2. At the bottom of the Personalization page, click **Desktop Background

    **http://elmajdal.net/Win7/New_Feature_Shuffling_Desktop_Backgrounds_in_Windows_7/2-desktop-background.png

  3. Select from the list of available picture folders by clicking on the drop-down list beside Picture location, or click the Browse button to navigate and select the folder that contains your images.

    http://elmajdal.net/Win7/New_Feature_Shuffling_Desktop_Backgrounds_in_Windows_7/3-browse.png

  4. Browse to your folder, select it and then click OK

    http://elmajdal.net/Win7/New_Feature_Shuffling_Desktop_Backgrounds_in_Windows_7/4-browse-folder.png

  5. The content of the folder will be displayed. By default, all images inside this folder will be selected.

    http://elmajdal.net/Win7/New_Feature_Shuffling_Desktop_Backgrounds_in_Windows_7/5-shuffle-options.png

  6. You do have the option to remove the selection from all images by clicking the Clear All button. If you do want to deselect few pictures, then all you have to do is to click on the upper left checkbox of the image you want to deselect.

    You have the option to choose the picture position, by selecting either Fill, Fit, Stretch, Tile, or Center.

    http://elmajdal.net/Win7/New_Feature_Shuffling_Desktop_Backgrounds_in_Windows_7/6-picture-location.png

    Set the time it takes each image to be displayed until it is replaced by another by selecting the duration in the drop-down list under Change picture every.  

    http://elmajdal.net/Win7/New_Feature_Shuffling_Desktop_Backgrounds_in_Windows_7/7-change-time.png

    If you do want these images to be selected in random order and not be changed in sequential order, then select the checkbox beside **Shuffle.
    **If you want to enjoy your different desktop background all the time, even when your laptop is running on battery, then deselect the last option When using battery power, pause the slide show to save power. Once you have made your selections, click **Save changes **

    Now go back to your desktop and check it. The background images will change and you will see your favorite images all time in front of you on your desktop.

**Summary
**Windows 7 allows you to have great moments every time you look on your desktop. It has a new feature that allows us to have different shuffled desktop backgrounds.