Windows can't display wallpapers in order (consistently)

TVeblen · Jun 16, 2023

So, not the biggest problem ever reported, but I have a lot of wallpapers and I have my Personalization > Background settings to do Slideshow > Change picture every 1 Day > and Shuffle is OFF.
The system goes about 3 days in order (alphabetical) and then reverts back about 3-4 days rather than just doing the next one and the next one.
Any ideas of what could be causing this behavior?

I Shut Down at the end of every day, sometimes a few times a day.
Fast Start is disabled.

James · Jun 17, 2023

Having the same issue I downloaded Bing Wallpaper, however you can not choose your own spotlight Images.

Alternatively you could refresh spotlight.

Open command prompt as administrator, and type in powershell.

Next type

Batch:

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

The chances of that working are low, but that is the only thing I could think of to be honest (even then, I had to do my research and steal that command.

TVeblen · Jun 17, 2023

Tried it. No joy.

Now it doesn't know what a day is. Changed twice today.

Phil_C · Jun 17, 2023

Mine is set to change once daily with random pictures. It never changes at the same time and it sometimes changes multiple times per day. This is nothing new. Win 10 behavior was the same.

James · Jun 18, 2023

TVeblen said:
Tried it. No joy.

Now it doesn't know what a day is. Changed twice today.

Typical windows inconsistency. Try this: Get 9Zen Wallpaper Changer from the Microsoft Store

TVeblen · Jun 18, 2023

Phil_C said:
Mine is set to change once daily with random pictures. It never changes at the same time and it sometimes changes multiple times per day. This is nothing new. Win 10 behavior was the same.

No, this is something new. My W11 was working just like W10 - not like 'clockwork', but OK. This is new behavior that started recently - maybe after one of the recent updates. It's losing track of where it is in the order. It never did that before, and neither did W10.

James · Jun 18, 2023

James said:
Typical windows inconsistency. Try this: Get 9Zen Wallpaper Changer from the Microsoft Store

P.s I'm not sure why online the reviews show 4 stars, but in the store app they show 2.8? Also - I tried the app, and found it good, so don't see the reason for the bad reviews..