Re: Desktop Background Switch Oddity
- From: "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:00:55 -0700
Base,
My Display Properties | Desktop tab | Background list still shows just
what's in C:\WINDOWS and/or C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper and C:\Documents and
Settings\Wesley P. Vogel\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer. I do
not know what triggers the list to include all of the other folders.
Create a new folder on your Desktop and move all of the folders and files
from your My Pictures folder into the new folder. Open Display Properties |
Desktop tab | Background and see if the list has decreased to just the 20 or
so default items. Then move all of the folders and files from the new
folder back to your My Pictures folder. Then open Display Properties |
Desktop tab | Background and see if the list has increased again.
A. I have no way of knowing if that will do anything or not.
B. I have no way to test this because I still have just the default list and
I have no idea what causes everything in My Pictures to be listed.
But, as you can see, something causes it and you are not the first one to
experience this.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:60C93411-07DE-477F-9E8E-76EA4581D823@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
base <base@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Wes,
Thanks. Though I'm not quite sure what I am supposed to do with this
link. I think I understand what you are saying but does it mean to move
the "My Pictures" folder in "My Documents" so it doesn't see them? Why
would this suddenly happen if I have been doing the same thing for years?
I'm fairly computer literate but I'm not 100% sure of the what the link
is telling me to do.
"Wesley Vogel" wrote:
Where do the image files come from? [the background images listing]
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/background.htm
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:4EAE2326-119C-41BA-B54C-A49205DB5215@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
base <base@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
I quite often change my desktop background. For many years I have gone
to the photo I want and "right clicked" and selected it use as the
background. However, sometimes I had to "stretch" or "tile" the photo so
it would appear properly. Of course to do this you have to go to
"display properties" and then the "desktop" tab. From here you could
change the "position". Also on this same window would be the selections
for the default backgrounds built into XP as well as my current photo.
Here is the new sudden problem...Now when I click on the desktop tab,
the hour glass appears while the "background" selection field is filled
or propagated with EVERY photo on my computer...and there are
thousands! It never did this before. Previously it only listed the
standard Windows defaults. Any idea why this field is now looking for
every possible photo on my computer? I changed nothing. I can't find
a setting to select where the system looks for backgrounds. I know if
you browse it will go to "My Pictures"...but it shouldn't default to
every picture on my PC to fill the selection field.
.
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