Re: No JPG backgrounds

Well, I figured out what it was. Not sure how this got set, but, in the
registery I found the following item:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop\NoHTMLWallPaper

set to 1. I reset it to 0, and I could finally see the list of all
backgrounds. Anyone know how/why this would have been set?

Mike

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Mike added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

Hi -

I am running Windows XP SP2, patched to the latest security
patches. I normally use 'azul.jpg' as my wallpaper.
Recently, I was on a website and inadvertently set an image as
my wallpaper. After a few minutes, I went to Destkop
Properties, Desktop tab and looked in the 'Background' list to
reset my background to my beloved 'azul.jpg', but alas it was
missing! In fact, all I see in the list are files of type
'.bmp'. Any idea of what could have happened, and how I get
the jpg's back in my list??? In addtion, if I try to browse
to 'azul.jpg', or another jpg for that matter, the file will
not get opened.

On my XP Pro SP2 system, while I can easily use any JPEG as
wallpaper, if I go back to the Desktop Properties, indeed the
previous one isn't listed nor are any I've previously used.
Instead, I must re-browse to get it back. A nuscience to be sure
but probably a "feature" going back to when Windows only recognized
BMP files for wallpaper. But, I do not understand why your system
won't re-open the file, if it is still valid and didn't get
corrupted somehow; seems to work OK for me, but I use the Power
Towy Wallpaper Changer to flip through an entire folder full of
JPEGs at pre-set time intervals and haven't manually set wallpaper
in sometime.

--
HP, aka Jerry

"Never complain, never explain" - Henry Ford II


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