Merge pull request #1 from Gremious/master

Windows wallpaper dylanaraps#684
robwaz · Oct 22, 2023 · 2f1a9b8 · 2f1a9b8
2 parents 91a8b3b + 22c1125
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diff --git a/pywal/wallpaper.py b/pywal/wallpaper.py
@@ -230,7 +230,10 @@ def set_win_wallpaper(img):
     if "x86" in os.environ["PROGRAMFILES"]:
         ctypes.windll.user32.SystemParametersInfoW(20, 0, img, 3)
     else:
-        ctypes.windll.user32.SystemParametersInfoA(20, 0, img, 3)
+        # 'W' funcitons take uniqcode strings,
+        # while 'A' functions take UTF-8 bytestrings.
+        # (Python 3 strings are Unicode by default.)
+        ctypes.windll.user32.SystemParametersInfoA(20, 0, str.encode(img), 3)
 
 
 def change(img):