How to automatically change virtual desktop images on a Windows 10 PC

The ability to customize our equipment is a factor that is really interesting for a large number of users. Here we have as an example the different possibilities to change the wallpaper, where Microsoft has its own proposals or the theme of our PC.

The truth is that this is only the beginning, because we can take one more step by establishing a different wallpaper for each virtual desktop of Windows 10. We can count on a different design in each workspace of our PC in the different virtual desktops and to achieve it you just have to follow these steps.

Dynamic Virtual Desktops

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To have this possibility on our PC with Windows 10 we will first have to go to the Microsoft Store and download the SylphyHorn application , an open source tool that is responsible for making this reality possible."

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Once downloaded and installed, the first step is to create the virtual desktops To create virtual desktops in Windows 10 or modify the Once created, you must press the Task View icon on the Windows Taskbar or using the Windows and Tab key combination on the keyboard."

With the virtual desktops already created, we are now going to gather the images for the backgrounds that we are going to use. It is necessary that all the photo files are in the same folder, it is advisable that they have a resolution according to our screen and obliged that your name (in the form of a number) corresponds to the name of the desktop where we are going to apply them.

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We then open SylphyHorn, which will be minimized in the hidden icons on the taskbar. If we right click on its icon we will see a pop-up box with options and of all of them we mark Settings."

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Once inside Settings we look at the left column and click on the section Background where we must mark as active the option Change the background for each desktopThis is in charge of activating the background function for each virtual desktop."

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In the space next to it we must write the address of the folder that stores the funds that we are going to use or if we prefer and to facilitate the task, we can use the Reference button, which, as an explorer, facilitates its search. Once found, click on Select folder."

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At that point we see how the funds that we have chosenappear numbered to appear on our virtual desktops. At this point it is necessary that the Startup at Logon> box be checked so that the application starts every time we turn on the PC"

From now on, every time we change desktop, this will have the background we have chosenWe will move through these virtual desktops with the Windows key combination + Control + arrow to the right or left, depending on the desktop we want to go to.