wallicons is console application to set the desktop walpaper, save the desktop icon locations and restore the desktop icon locations, intended to allow per wallpaper custom desktop icon layouts on Windows 8 and above.
Compiled downloads are not available.
To clone and run this application, you'll need Git and .NET installed on your computer. From your command line:
# Clone this repository
$ git clone https://github.com/btigi/asciiz
# Go into the repository
$ cd src
# Build the app
$ dotnet build
wallicons is a command line application and should be run from a terminal session. The application has several commands:
wallpaper --file [filename] --monitor [id]
Set file as the desktop wallpaper on the monitor specified by monitor parameter. Monitor ids are 1-indexed, matching the monitor ids in the Windows Display settings app. A monitor id of 0 is treated as 'full desktop' and spans all monitors.
save --file [filename]
Save the current desktop icon layout to file
restore --file [filename]
Restore the current desktop icon layout from file
Usage examples:
wallicons wallpaper --file C:\wallpaper.jpg
wallicons save --file C:\icon-positions.json
wallicons restore --file C:\icon-positions.json
wallicons is licenced under CC BY-SA 4.0 Full licence details are available in licence.md