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Shows how a developer can use the LockScreen API to set the current user's lock screen image.

Lock screen personalization sample

Shows how a developer can use the LockScreen API to set the current user's lock screen image.

Note: This sample is part of a large collection of UWP feature samples. You can download this sample as a standalone ZIP file from docs.microsoft.com, or you can download the entire collection as a single ZIP file, but be sure to unzip everything to access shared dependencies. For more info on working with the ZIP file, the samples collection, and GitHub, see Get the UWP samples from GitHub. For more samples, see the Samples portal on the Windows Dev Center.

This sample uses classes from the Windows.System.UserProfile namespace. In particular, it uses the LockScreen class to set the user's lock screen image.

The lock screen is the screen shown when you lock your computer, as well as when you reboot the device or wake it from a sleep state. It is a user-customizable surface that both conveys information and protects the computer against unauthorized use.

The sample lets you use the item picker to select an image your Pictures library to use as the lock screen image. If the sample successfully uses the selected image for the lock screen, the image appears in the output area of the sample's main page.

To learn more about the lock screen, see Lock screen overview.

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Reference

LockScreen
Windows.System.UserProfile

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System requirements

  • Windows 10 Desktop

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  3. Starting in the folder where you unzipped the samples, go to the Samples subfolder, then the subfolder for this specific sample, then the subfolder for your preferred language (C++, C#, or JavaScript). Double-click the Visual Studio Solution (.sln) file.
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