Choose “Solid color” from the “Background” drop-down menu and then choose one of the offered background colors. After selecting your folder, you can also specify how often Windows changes the background picture, whether it shuffles the pictures randomly, and how the pictures should fit your desktop.Īnd if you prefer to keep things simple, you can use a solid color as your background. You can’t select individual pictures–only folders–so go ahead and set up a folder with your favorite background pictures before selecting this option. To create a slideshow, you’ll need to select a folder from which Windows can draw pictures. If you want to rotate through a set of pictures for your background, choose “Slideshow” from the “Background” drop-down menu.