How to Create A Slide Show As Lock Screen on Windows 10

By Jennifer | Last Updated May 26, 2025

On Windows 10 computer, you are not only able to create a slide show as desktop background, but also capable of creating a slide show as lock screen. As for how to realize the latter, this article illustrates the concrete method step by step.

Steps to create a slide show as lock screen on Windows 10:

Step 1: Access PC settings.

Step 2: Open Personalization. Then select Lock screen from the left sidebar.

Step 3: On the right pane, go to the Background section and select Slideshow from the drop-down menu.

select Slideshow

Step 4: Click the Add a folder option to choose where your images are kept to create the slideshow.

click Add a folder

Step 5: Click on Advanced slideshow settings to change the slideshow settings, such as Only use pictures that fit my screen, when my pc is active, show lock screen instead of turning off the screen, and include camera roll folder from this PC and OneDrive.

change slideshow settings

Cannot Create Lock Screen Slideshow in Windows 10? Here is the Fix

If you’re unable to set up a lock screen slideshow in Windows 10, or the option appears grayed out or doesn’t work as expected, try the check the group policy settings:

Step 1: Open the Local Group Policy Editor.

Step 2: Find and open the "Prevent enabling lock screen slide show" setting.

In detail, it is located in Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Control Panel/Personalization.

open prevent enabling lock screen slide show