Re: Where does XP keep the current wallpaper?

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I know the work around, but there should be a registry tweak that kills the link to MY PICTURES.

"Kelly" <kelly@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:unANnAp3HHA.5740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hope this helps you find your wallpaper and if any real technical nerd knows where in the
registry to turn off the access to MY PICTURES I would appreciate it.


Workarounds:

Create another folder (under your user profile), remove the pictures from My Pictures that you
don't want listed under Backgrounds and in the My Pictures folder, create a shortcut to the new
folder. Or create subfolders within My Pictures.

Add Folders to the "Save As" Dialog (Places Bar) Line 117
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Disable Default Save As to My Pictures (Line 263)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Add Folder to Start Menu to replace/re-route My Pictures (Line 2)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it and answer yes to the
import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by right clicking on the file and selecting
Edit.

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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"Richard in AZ" <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eUqgh2o3HHA.5212@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Typically the wallpaper files in Windows XP are in the folder:
C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper
But if you use the browse feature in setting up wallpaper, then the computer will remember the
second, or third, location and will also search these location for pictures as well. This
little feature is very irritating if you once point to "MY PICTURES" folder since now every
picture in that folder will be listed in your wallpaper choices FOREVER.

Hope this helps you find your wallpaper and if any real technical nerd knows where in the
registry to turn off the access to MY PICTURES I would appreciate it.

"Quorlia" <Quorlia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:A8F7BEDE-AB7C-423F-B072-9C113B9DD567@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am assuming that there is a system file somewhere that is a copy of the
wallpaper and I would like to know what this file is called.

Here's why......

I created a montage of photo's which I then set as my wallpaper by
right-clicking on the desktop, browsing for the file and setting it. The
file was located in a sub-folder of My Documents. Later, I was doing some
"housekeeping" and I thought I didn't need the folder so I deleted it
(forgetting that my wallpaper was in it).

I want to edit the montage to add another photo, but when I come to look for
the file I can't find it. I've done a whole system search and it is gone. I
peeked in the current.theme file and realised what I had done - the file
points to this non-existent folder.

But my wallpaper has not gone away so presumably there must be a file
somewhere which is a copy of my wallpaper that XP actually uses when loading
the wallpaper. What I want to know is what is this file called?

Thanks

Quorlia






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