Policy

Remove remote desktop wallpaper

This policy setting allows you to specify whether desktop wallpaper is displayed to clients when they are connected to a remote server using RDP. You can use this setting to enforce the removal of wallpaper during a Remote Desktop Services session. If you enable this policy setting, wallpaper is not displayed in a Remote Desktop Services session. If you disable this policy setting, wallpaper is displayed in a Remote Desktop Services session, depending on the client configuration. If you do not configure this policy setting, Windows Vista displays wallpaper to remote clients connecting through Remote Desktop, depending on the client configuration (see the Experience tab in the Remote Desktop Connection options for more information). Servers running Windows Server 2008 do not display wallpaper by default to Remote Desktop Services sessions.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Remote Desktop Services / Remote Desktop Session Host / Remote Session Environment
Policy ID 635e588c06b5
Internal name TS_DISABLE_REMOTE_DESKTOP_WALLPAPER

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services\fNoRemoteDesktopWallpaper (enabled) = 1
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services\fNoRemoteDesktopWallpaper (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to specify whether desktop wallpaper is displayed to clients when they are connected to a remote server using RDP. You can use this setting to enforce the removal of wallpaper during a Remote Desktop Services session. If you enable this policy setting, wallpaper is not displayed in a Remote Desktop Services session. If you disable this policy setting, wallpaper is displayed in a Remote Desktop Services session, depending on the client configuration. If you do not configure this policy setting, Windows Vista displays wallpaper to remote clients connecting through Remote Desktop, depending on the client configuration (see the Experience tab in the Remote Desktop Connection options for more information). Servers running Windows Server 2008 do not display wallpaper by default to Remote Desktop Services sessions.

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