Re: Appearence & themes

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Yes, that should help. It's pretty much the same as what I said earlier.

The actual "Sample Pictures" folder is located here:

%allusersprofile%\Documents\My Pictures\Sample Pictures

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"st.daniel" <stdaniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The "undocumented" way: put them in the "Sample Pictures" folder inside My
Pictures!

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Pete,
>
> For the Display Properties Background tab, Windows XP fetches the image
> files from the following locations:
>
> BMP Files from %Systemroot% folder.
>
> BMP, JPG, GIF, JPE, DIB, PNG, HTM files from the following locations:
>
> %Systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper
> %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures (& sub-folders)
> %AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
> %ProgramFiles%\Plus!\Themes (& sub-folders)
>
> If you want to clear a file from that list, move the file away from the
> above locations.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "PeteD" <PeteD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> When I put Pictures in the -MY Pictures- Folder they all appear in the
> background section of Appearence & themes. Does it happen by default & is
> there a way I could delete them from the background section?
>
>
>


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