Bing Wallpaper Download and Set Script

A zero-dependency PowerShell script that automatically downloads the daily Bing wallpaper and sets it as your Windows desktop background.

Features

• Downloads today's Bing daily wallpaper for a specified or auto-detected region.
• Sets the downloaded image as your desktop wallpaper automatically.
• Supports multiple resolutions (including UHD) and auto-detects your screen size if set to auto.
• Cleans up old wallpapers in your chosen folder before saving the new one.
• Customizable download folder, locale, and resolution.

⚠️ Warning ⚠️

This script deletes all .jpg images in the chosen download folder before saving the new Bing wallpaper.
Make sure the -DownloadFolder and the default %USERPROFILE%\Pictures\BingWallpapers does not contain any images you wish to keep.

Usage

.\Autobing-Desktop.ps1 [-Locale <locale>] [-Resolution <resolution>] [-DownloadFolder <path>]

Parameters

• -Locale
  The Bing region/market to fetch the image from.
  Default: auto (uses en-US if not specified)
  Supported values (examples):

  • en-US (United States, English)
  • ja-JP (Japan)
  • fr-FR (France)
  • ... (see full list in script source)

• -Resolution
  The image resolution to download.
  Default: auto (auto-detects your screen)
  Supported values:

  • UHD
  • 1920x1200
  • 1920x1080
  • 1366x768
  • ... (see full list in script source)

• -DownloadFolder
  The folder to save Bing wallpapers.
  Default: %USERPROFILE%\Pictures\BingWallpapers

Requirements

• Windows OS
• PowerShell 5+ (pre-installed on Windows 10/11)
• Internet connection (to download Bing image)

Notes

• The script uses user32.dll to set the wallpaper and works on standard Windows 10/11 desktops.

• If you encounter "Execution Policy" errors, you may need to allow running scripts:

  Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser RemoteSigned

• Running as Administrator is not required.

• Downloaded wallpapers are saved with the format: YYYY-MM-DD_RESOLUTION.jpg (Example: 2025-06-18_1920x1080.jpg)

Automation

To run this script daily, you can set up a Windows Task Scheduler task:

Program/script:  powershell.exe
Add arguments:   -NoLogo -WindowStyle Hidden -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\path\to\your\Autobing-Desktop.ps1"

Credits & License

• Based on WinDesktop-Bing-wallpapers by Tim van de Kamp and Grant Hendricks' fork
• Combined and extended by Josh Kaspar
• Licensed under the MIT License — see LICENSE for details
• This script is provided for personal use. Bing wallpapers are property of Microsoft Corporation.