Some user´s like their Wallpaper so much that they never want to let it go, you can block the modification of the wallpaper trough the personalize option with this Tweak. If someone finds it funny to change your wallpaper when your gone then this will stop them (*).
This does however not stop applications from changing the wallpaper, by example from a Web browser’s right-click Set as desktop background, it only blocks access to the Personalize window it’s wallpaper option.
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1. On your keyboard press the Windows flag and the R key at the same time (Windows +R) or open Start.
2. Now type Regedit.exe (1) and click on OK (2)
3. Now Unfold HKEY_CURRENT_USER
4. Then Unfold SOFTWARE
5. Then Unfold Microsoft
6. Then Unfold Windows
7. Then Unfold CurrentVersion
8. Then Unfold Policies
9. Then Unfold ActiveDesktop
10. Now double-click on NoChangingWallPaper and change the value of NoChangingWallPaper to 1
If the key does not exists then right-click an empty spot and choose New then choose DWORD.
11. Click on OK and close Regedit. A reboot might be neccesarry for the changes to take effect upon your system.
If you wish to disable this tweak at a later moment just repeat the steps above and change the value back to the orginal value, which was 0. If you have any questions regarding this tweak, please feel free to ask them.
