Freeware Directory

Freeware - Wallpaper Tools

Drempels makes colorful, swirling, hallucinogenic patterns that resemble a hurricane or tornado. It can be invoked as a screensaver but it normally runs in your Windows background ("desktop") replacing your old still-image wallpaper with gently-animating visuals. Meanwhile, you can use your computer just like you normally would, it uses very little CPU overhead - so little that it even runs smoothly on a 233 MHz system!

Scott's Wallpaper Switcher is a system tray tool designed to allow you to quickly switch between wallpapers on your Windows desktop. You can also configure the program to automatically switch wallpapers at predetermined intervals (like every 5 minutes). There is a built in "boss key" feature where clicking the system tray icon will bring up a "safe" wallpaper just in case you are in the habit of running inappropriate wallpapers.

Terrible at remembering important dates and events? No problem! Enter all the dates and events in HTML Reminder and generate a JavaScript based HTML page. Set the HTML page as your Desktop Wallpaper which will remind you as many as 15 days prior to an event! 0% of your computer's memory will be used unlike other reminding software.

Change your desktop wallpaper with ease, just set the interval and Wallpaper Changer will change it for you. Supports different locations of graphic files, Preview graphic, set "Random" or "Priority" changes, alter the style of wallpapers, use jpeg, gif, bmp, icon, emf, wmf and pcx file formats, supports Multi-user settings and more.

Use Gudds Desktop to change your wallpaper on start-up, at predefined intervals or with a hot-key. Create your own list of wallpapers, save & use it, add images by a right click or dragging from Explorer. Randomize the order of wallpaper selection, wallpapers can be tiled, centered or stretched to fill the full screen. Make Desktop icons transparent (Win95,98,Me,NT), Show/Hide your Desktop icons, Use Black & white wallpapers. Displays current date on the Desktop, supports jpeg, gif and bmp file formats, and multiple users on Win NT/XP.

Wallpaperer is a powerful utility for automatically switching wallpaper at a specified interval and/or at reboot. Just add your wallpaper, set the frequency of wallpaper changing, and let Wallpaperer do the rest. You can also view thumbnails via the program's interface, and manually override the timed wallpaper changing by double-clicking on any picture imported into the program to switch to it.

WPChanger is a wallpaper changer that focuses on its main task - changing wallpapers, no cluttering up with tons of useless features. Automatic cycling (interval can be set) is included, as well as greyscale and a list with thumbails will help you manage your wallpapers.

The Wallpaper Rotator is for anyone who likes a change of scenery. Bring your desktop to life with this fun, reliable, easy to use application. Requires the .NET framework and will run on other versions of Windows if this is installed.

Paper changer is a small application for changing the background wallpaper on the windows desktop from a random selection of JPEG images within a specified folder. Paper Changer can be set to change the wallpaper every time that you start Windows (without remaining loaded) or just used to change the wallpaper whenever you get bored of the current picture. It stretches the image to fit as much of the desktop as possible without distorting it.

Wallpaper Cycler is an easy to use freeware program to get rid of that boring static wallpaper on your desktop. It allows you to easily manage all your wallpapers through the use of categories and cycle them with a specified delay or at specific times or both. Wallpaper Cycler includes an advanced random choice algorithm, can be started at Windows logon, can be configured to change the wallpaper once at Windows logon, and much more.

Drag and Drop wall paper operations. This program will take a jpeg, resize it to fit your desktop, and assign it as your wallpaper.

Background Changer will change your Windows Wallpaper as often as you like. It's completly free now so you will need this Serial Number: 1475963 to remove the nag's and time limit!!
Make a note of that serial number NOW, it's NOT on the author's web page!

Do you have a directory full of pictures which might look good as a wallpaper on your desktop? DeskDeco was designed to let you choose such a directory and it will then shuffle through the list of pictures and select one to put on your desktop. By default, the desktop will be replaced everytime that Windows is started, but DeskDeco can be configured to keep changing the desktop at a variable period of time.

The AWC is designed to do one thing well - allow users to change their desktop wallpaper on a timed basis. The time between changes is defined as a number of seconds, minutes or hours. The displayed image can be stretched for the best fit to the screen, maintaining its aspect ratio, or displayed at its actual size. When displaying actual size the user is not limited to the centre of the screen, as is usually the case in windows, but can choose to display the picture in any of the four corners of the screen or centred on one of the edges.

DLA is a fractal generator that creates plantlife/snowflake type fractals using a diffusion limited aggregation algorithm (DLA). Great for creating backgrounds and wallpapers, this is how the background to my home page was created.

The TomaWeb Boot Wallpaper is a very simple but useful utility that creates a desktop wallpaper when your PC boots up that lets you know the date and time your PC was last started. This is very useful for servers that are always on. One glance can help you decide if it needs to be rebooted.

WallMaster inherits the basic key features of its commercial brother, WallMaster Pro. You can program the desktop wallpaper to change at a predetermined time interval (e.g. every 30 minutes) and customize the wallpaper position (tile, center, fit to screen, auto fit, or custom) easily. It also lets you to use JPG, GIF, PNG, PCX, TGA, PCD and ICO images as desktop wallpaper. It also supports Active Desktop from Internet Explorer 4. Its cool and unique features really make it one of the best wallpaper utility ever made.

WallCharger is a simple program for W9x/NT to change desktop wallpaper randomly or in sequence. It stores a list of images and options to use for each user. This program is very simple to use and can operate transparently, and does not reside in memory all the time!!! Require VB6 runtime library (not included).

PaperQuote is an Internet utilitity that automatically gives users a new desktop wallpaper and thought-provoking quote for every day of the year. The free software comes with two free content channels, including a channel with high-quality (800x600) nature photography and inspirational quotes.

Tired of your desktop wallpaper, think that it's tiresome to change the desktop background frequently ? With "Fun Desktop Wallpaper Changer" changing wallpaper on your desktop becomes easy as pie.

ScrollWall is a very simple tool by which your desktop wallpaper can be changed automatically after a fixed time interval of seconds, minutes or hours. You can also set it to change the desktop wallpaper at every startup. Select a set of wallpapers from your computer, this set can be modified whenever you want, thumbnail views provided for the selected wallpapers. You can change your desktop wallpaper with just a click on the tray icon.