Hack Your Pets Into Microsoft’s New “Dogs and Cats” Windows Theme
Microsoft just released the adorable Dogs and Cats desktop background pack if you were looking for a way to make the wallpaper on your Windows 10 PC a little prettier. There are fifteen images in total, and they are all available for download from the Microsoft Store .
- Click Get to download and install the theme. You will receive a system notification as soon as it is installed on your computer.
- You can apply the theme directly in the store after installing it or through your PC settings. Open the Windows Start menu and click the Settings icon. From the Settings menu, choose Personalization> Themes> Change Theme and select Dogs and Cats.
Your desktop is now adorned with photos of fuzzy creatures. The theme also loops through the entire selection of images automatically, so don’t worry about having to select only one from a group.
But for sure you have a lot of pictures of your dog or cat that you would also like to see in the wallpaper rotation – perhaps in addition to Microsoft’s offerings. Usually, you cannot add images to an official Windows theme from the main settings menu, but there is a way to add them to the theme’s images folder with a simple shortcut.
- Press Windows Key + R to launch the Windows Run command. In the search bar, type
%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Themespress Enter . - You will be taken to the folder where your Windows themes are installed. Find and open the Dogs and folder, then Desktop Background.
- Copy and paste the images you want to add. You can also remove images to remove them from the theme slideshow.
(Note: This process works with any other Windows themes, although the specific folder names will be different.)