Re: My Pictures listed in Display Properties - Desktop

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From: George Hester (hesterloli_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:04:38 -0500

It happens to everyone. There may be something with upgrading from Windows NT or Windows 98 since they did not do
that. I don't know. But a clean install of Windows 2000 and I suppose from what you say Windows XP will do this.

It might be that Active Desktop is enabled???

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=190793 

-- 
George Hester
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"Pas" <pas@insightbb.com> wrote in message news:enuM5Zc1EHA.1524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> but the files in the 'My Pictures' folder never appeared in the list of 
> available wallpapers in Display Properties until yesterday. I have checked a 
> few systems belonging to friends today. Some of them have the 'My Pictures' 
> data listed but most do not. I'm perplexed as to what is causing the files 
> to be listed when they were not listed before.
> 
> 
> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:OnQyIwY1EHA.1452@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> He may not have the issue but it is nothing he did overtly.   This is a new 
> "enhancement" that started with Windows 2000.  Not sure maybe even Windows 
> ME.  There is nothing you can do to stop My Pictures from appearing in 
> available Wallpaper.  You can work around it like you mentioned but that's 
> the best you can do.
> 
> -- 
> George Hester
> _________________________________
> "Pas" <pas@insightbb.com> wrote in message 
> news:#jsGEUV1EHA.1308@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Greetings. Until yesterday, when I went to Display Properties - Desktop, I
> > never saw the files from the My Pictures folder listed in the wallpapers
> > list. They are listed now. How do get Windows to stop listing the My
> > Pictures files without turning off Active Desktop? I want to be able to 
> > see
> > the jpg files in the Web\Wallaper folder in the drop list. I've asked 
> > around
> > and others have the same issue I have but some others do not. My younger
> > brother (he's 43) doesn't have this issue on his machine. I know I can 
> > make
> > a new folder and move the files from My Pictures to that folder but I 
> > don't
> > want to do tha tunless I absolutely have to. Any help will be greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Pas
> >
> > 
> 
>

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