Wallpaper black

Ozakkaa · 2024-02-09T19:03:35+00:00

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When connecting to the team viewer, by default the team viewer hides the wallpaper of the device being accessed, however, after closing the session the device's original wallpaper does not return to normal, the black wallpaper is stuck ;

This has been a headache for me, as users complain that they cannot remove this black wallpaper in any way, even some devices managed by Active Directory also have this problem, the wallpaper defined by GPO does not return after closing the session.

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raxaq

TeamViewer’s “Remove wallpaper” feature sometimes doesn’t restore the original wallpaper after a session, leaving users stuck with a black screen—even on GPO-managed devices.

Fixes:

1️⃣ Manually reset the wallpaper – Right-click desktop → Personalize, or run:

powershellCopyEditgpupdate /force

Then restart Explorer (taskkill /f /im explorer.exe & start explorer).

2️⃣ Disable TeamViewer’s wallpaper removal – In TeamViewer settings, go to Extras → Options → Remote Control and uncheck "Remove remote wallpaper".

3️⃣ Registry Fix (If it's still black) – Open Regedit and go to:

mathematicaCopyEditHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Find Wallpaper, set it to the correct path, and restart Explorer.

4️⃣ For GPO Devices – Reapply the policy in Group Policy Editor and run gpupdate /force.

Prevent Future Issues – Disable TeamViewer’s wallpaper removal on all devices via GPO or registry edits.

VistaChris

In case anyone else runs into this issue like I also did:

I had to go in and manually reset my users wallpaper in "personalization" to fix this.

Teamviewer it seems, wasn't hiding their wallpaper. It was going into the users settings and changing the background to solid color:black.

This change at teamviewer must have been recent, and I have since disabled the "remove remote wallpaper" option without further trouble.

.Carol.fg.

Hi @leorob88 ,

Welcome to our Community and thanks for your first post!

Could you provide us with more details of the device? What OS are you using on both sides?

Also, please make sure you're using TeamViewer's newest version: 📄 Update TeamViewer

I'm looking forward to your feedback.

Best, Carol

leorob88

I both disabled hardware acceleration and and kept remote wallpaper but still the wallpaper is showing black.

.Carol.fg.

Hi @Ozakkaa ,

Thanks for reaching out to our Community and I'm sorry to hear about the issue you're having with the remote wallpaper.

Could you confirm to me if you have the option to Disable hardware acceleration checked? If not, please give it a try, and let us know if it solves the problem.

The steps are:

On the Windows tray menu, right-click the TeamViewer icon and select Options ➜ Advanced ➜ Show advanced options ➜ on the field More, check the option Disable hardware acceleration ➜ click OK to save.

If you prefer, you can also maintain the partner wallpaper during the remote session by unchecking the option Remove remote wallpaper.

The steps are: On the Windows tray menu, right-click the TeamViewer icon and select Options ➜ Remote Control ➜ on the field Display, uncheck the option Remove remote wallpaper ➜ click OK to save.

Share with us if any of the above suggestions worked for you. 🍀

I'm looking forward to your feedback!

Best, Carol