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Windows 8.1 - Show my desktop background on the Start screen

Latest update on February 22, 2014 at 09:19 AM by jak58 .

Windows 8.1 - Show my desktop background on the Start screen

Windows 8.1 allows you to use the same background image for both the Desktop and StartScreen:

Right click on the taskbar
Then click Properties.
Select the Navigation tab.
In the "Start Screen section"
Check "Show my desktop background on Start".

Click on Apply and then on OK.

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