Way to cycle desktops in Windows XP

Magish · 10-24-2007, 12:06 AM

Yeah, so I've got a bunch of stuff I'd like to have as my desktop wallpaper, but I don't feel like having to manually change it every time. Is there any way I can set it so that it cycles through a set of pictures, or chooses one randomly evey time it starts up, or anything?

Eltargrim · 10-24-2007, 07:14 AM

My Google-fu found me this little thing. No comments on it's validity or effectiveness, because I've never used it, but the demo looks promising.

bluestarultor · 10-24-2007, 09:39 AM

XP should allow an animated GIF for a background. I use UnFREEz, myself, but it requires all pictures be in GIF format and the same dimensions. I don't know if it can stretch it, but it will tile. I suggest finding a bunch of your favorite wallpapers, making sure they're all for your current resolution, saving them as GIFs, and popping them into UnFREEz and deciding how many centiseconds you want between pictures. I'd suggest at least 500, or 5 seconds.

Fifthfiend · 10-24-2007, 12:46 PM

Sithdarth had a decent script for this a while back that he did in Javascript. If he doesn't happen along and post it in here himself I'll see if I can dig it out of the archives.

Axl · 10-24-2007, 04:59 PM

Wallpaper Master. Works. Not much more to say here.

Sithdarth · 10-24-2007, 06:47 PM

Code:

<html>
  <head>
   <title>
    
   </title>
  </head>
 <body bgcolor=black>
 
  <p><script language="JavaScript"><!--
  var b60=new Image()
  var b59=new Image()
  var b58=new Image()
  var b57=new Image()
  var b56=new Image()
  var b55=new Image()
  var b54=new Image()
  var b53=new Image()
  var b52=new Image()
  var b51=new Image()
  var b50=new Image()
  var b49=new Image()
  var b48=new Image()
  var b47=new Image()
  var b46=new Image()
  var b45=new Image()
  var b44=new Image() 
  var b43=new Image()
  var b42=new Image()
  var b41=new Image()
  var b40=new Image()
  var b39=new Image()
  var b38=new Image()
  var b37=new Image()
  var b36=new Image()
  var b35=new Image()
  var b34=new Image()
  var b33=new Image()
  var b32=new Image()
  var b31=new Image()
  var b30=new Image()
  var b29=new Image()
  var b28=new Image()
  var b27=new Image()
  var b26=new Image()
  var b25=new Image()
  var b24=new Image()
  var b23=new Image()
  var b22=new Image()
  var b21=new Image()
  var b20=new Image()
  var b19=new Image()
  var b18=new Image()
  var b17=new Image()
  var b16=new Image()
  var b15=new Image()
  var b14=new Image()
  var b13=new Image()
  var b12=new Image()
  var b11=new Image()
  var b10=new Image()
  var b9=new Image()
  var b8=new Image()
  var b7=new Image()
  var b6=new Image()
  var b5=new Image()
  var b4=new Image()
  var b3=new Image()
  var b2=new Image()
  var b1=new Image()

  b1.src="inuyasha_9_1024.jpg";
  b2.src="trigun_28_1024.jpg";
  b3.src="wolfsrain_1_1024.jpg";
  b4.src="trigun_9_1024.jpg";
  b5.src="kenshin_11_1024.jpg";
  b6.src="inuyasha_1_1024.jpg";
  b7.src="trigun_1_1024.jpg";
  b8.src="kenshin_1_1024.jpg";
  b9.src="yyh_1_1024.jpg";
  b10.src="inuyasha_2_1024.jpg";
  b11.src="trigun_2_1024.jpg";
  b12.src="kenshin_2_1024.jpg";
  b13.src="yyh_2_1024.jpg";
  b14.src="inuyasha_3_1024.jpg";
  b15.src="trigun_3_1024.jpg";
  b16.src="kenshin_3_1024.jpg";
  b17.src="trigun_4_1024.jpg";
  b18.src="inuyasha_4_1024.jpg";
  b19.src="trigun_5_1024.jpg";
  b20.src="kenshin_5_1024.jpg";
  b21.src="trigun_6_1024.jpg";
  b22.src="trigun_7_1024.jpg";
  b23.src="inuyasha_5_1024.jpg";
  b24.src="trigun_8_1024.jpg";
  b25.src="trigun_29_1024.jpg";
  b26.src="kenshin_6_1024.jpg";
  b27.src="trigun_10_1024.jpg";
  b28.src="trigun_11_1024.jpg";
  b29.src="inuyasha_6_1024.jpg";
  b30.src="trigun_12_1024.jpg";
  b31.src="trigun_13_1024.jpg";
  b32.src="trigun_14_1024.jpg";
  b33.src="kenshin_7_1024.jpg";
  b34.src="trigun_15_1024.jpg";
  b35.src="trigun_16_1024.jpg";
  b36.src="trigun_17_1024.jpg";
  b37.src="inuyasha_7_1024.jpg";
  b38.src="trigun_18_1024.jpg";
  b39.src="trigun_19_1024.jpg";
  b40.src="trigun_20_1024.jpg";
  b41.src="kenshin_8_1024.jpg";
  b42.src="trigun_21_1024.jpg";
  b43.src="trigun_23_1024.jpg";
  b44.src="trigun_24_1024.jpg";
  b45.src="inuyasha_8_1024.jpg";
  b46.src="trigun_25_1024.jpg";
  b47.src="trigun_26_1024.jpg";
  b48.src="trigun_27_1024.jpg";
  b49.src="kenshin_9_1024.jpg";
  b50.src="trigun_30_1024.jpg";
  b51.src="yyh_3_1024.jpg";
  b52.src="inuyasha_11_1024.jpg";
  b53.src="kenshin_10_1024.jpg";
  b54.src="inuyasha_10_1024.jpg";
  b55.src="trigun_31_1024.jpg";
  b56.src="trigun_22_1024.jpg";
  b58.src="inuyasha_12_1024.jpg";
  b59.src="trigun_32_1024.com";
  b60.src="kenshin_12_1024.jpg";

  var pos=0;

  function backhoe()
  {
  pos=pos+1;
  if(pos==60){pos=1;}
  document.body.background=eval("b"+pos+".src");
  setTimeout("backhoe()",120000);
  }
  setTimeout("backhoe()",0);
  // --></script></p>
 </body>
</html>

Its pretty basic and can't tile but it gets the job done. You just make as many variables as you have pictures and then assign each file name to a variable. Just make sure the html file is in the same folder as the pictures. Then you just set the html file as your background.

Again its really basic but it also has a super small memory and cpu footprint.

Toastburner B · 10-24-2007, 10:29 PM

I find that Webshots works well.

Magish · 10-24-2007, 11:05 PM

Thanks, I'm using the one Axl posted, it's nice... and seeing as how my list is 686 images long, it's way quicker than Sith's solution.

My current desktop: http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/369...edplaneia9.jpg

10-24-2007, 12:06 AM	#1
Magish Troopa Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 31	Way to cycle desktops in Windows XP Yeah, so I've got a bunch of stuff I'd like to have as my desktop wallpaper, but I don't feel like having to manually change it every time. Is there any way I can set it so that it cycles through a set of pictures, or chooses one randomly evey time it starts up, or anything?

10-24-2007, 07:14 AM	#2
Eltargrim Fifty-Talents Haversham Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: FABULOUS Posts: 1,904	My Google-fu found me this little thing. No comments on it's validity or effectiveness, because I've never used it, but the demo looks promising. __________________ <Insert witticism here; get credit; ???; profit!>

10-24-2007, 12:46 PM	#4
Fifthfiend for all seasons Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 19,409	Sithdarth had a decent script for this a while back that he did in Javascript. If he doesn't happen along and post it in here himself I'll see if I can dig it out of the archives. __________________ check out my buttspresso

10-24-2007, 10:29 PM	#7
Toastburner B Toasty has left the building Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Hiding...because I don't want to die. Posts: 3,936	I find that Webshots works well. __________________ I came, I saw, I got team-killed. A lot.

10-24-2007, 04:59 PM	#5
Axl Cat Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: No Posts: 428	Wallpaper Master. Works. Not much more to say here.

10-24-2007, 11:05 PM	#8
Magish Troopa Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 31	Thanks, I'm using the one Axl posted, it's nice... and seeing as how my list is 686 images long, it's way quicker than Sith's solution. My current desktop: http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/369...edplaneia9.jpg