Unfortunately this did not work. I found a script that does what I wish, but it works on my laptop only, not the desktop I am trying to have it work on. The only difference I can discern between the desktop and laptop computers is that the former first loads the normal windows desktop and icons and then switches to the new wallpaper and icons; the laptop only loads the new wallpaper and icons and when running the script eliminates the shadow. Any other suggestions? How do I eliminate Windows from first loading its desktop wallpaper initially?