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Change The Wallpaper Under Windows

07.20.2005
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import ctypes

SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER = 20 # According to http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=97142

ctypes.windll.user32.SystemParametersInfoA(SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER, 0, "myimage.jpg" , 0)

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http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/435877
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