Why can't I set different wallpapers to my monitors when I have more than one desktop open windows 11

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I used to be able to have two virtual desktops, and when my main desktop is open and connected to my monitor, Monitor 1 and Monitor 2 had two different wallpapers. Now when I go into settings under personalization to change my monitor wallpapers, it only allows me to have different wallpapers for desktops one and two after right-clicking the desired picture instead of the usual monitor one and two. When I delete my second desktop, the options to change the wallpaper for monitors one and two come back but once I set it and add back the second desktop, everything resets to the same wallpaper- erasing all of the changes I made. I use both of my desktops and enjoy the personalization of being able to quickly identify from one monitor to the other.

Is there any way to have different wallpapers on my monitors while still having two desktops?

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Hi Megan, I am not from Microsoft. But I had the same problem as you, I could not set my backgrounds to what I want on 2 monitors. The problem was that I had 2 desktops running. To fix this press the windows key + tab and it will pop up with different desktops u have open, close the one you don't want. And when you go back into your background and display settings you can now pick which background you want to put on which monitor, aka the original of what it was supposed to be not chosen the desktops u want to put backgrounds on.

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Anonymous

2024-05-14T19:11:54+00:00

I did exactly as described in your post, and I got two different pictures, on on Montior 1 and a different picture on Monitor 2. Then I went to work, opened some windows and did a few tasks for about ten minutes, when I minimized all of the window both Monitors 1 and 2 had changed to the piture I had set for monitor 1, or on some days, the system reset both montors to no picture but "solid color" black background.
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Anonymous

2024-05-08T04:15:42+00:00

If it is signaling desktop 1 and 2, you may want to go into windows + tab and remove the others

Thats what worked for me
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Anonymous

2023-11-28T18:25:55+00:00

I dont know how to fix that sorry, all i could tell you is to try closing all desktops, i don't use slideshows so i don't know how they work
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