Guest Not4U2Know Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 I have Win XP Pro XP3, and as a result of trying some changes to fix another issue with the Quick Launch bar, now when I go to change the background image for my desktop (wallpaper), the selections are not coming from C:\WINDOWS as they are supposed to, but from another directory on my PC that contains pictures (.jpg and .gif). It's not even looking for bitmaps. How can I force the OS to look in C:\WINDOWS? I've checked everything in the desktop properties screens/tabs and cannot find anything there. There must be a registry key that controls this option. Thank you.
Guest meerkat Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Re: Windows XP looking in wrong directory for desktop background files "Not4U2Know" <Not4U2Know@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AEAEC0DE-1B35-40DB-B60A-E23E6A20FB50@microsoft.com... >I have Win XP Pro XP3, and as a result of trying some changes to fix >another > issue with the Quick Launch bar, now when I go to change the > background image > for my desktop (wallpaper), the selections are not coming from > C:\WINDOWS as > they are supposed to, but from another directory on my PC that > contains > pictures (.jpg and .gif). It's not even looking for bitmaps. > > How can I force the OS to look in C:\WINDOWS? I've checked everything > in > the desktop properties screens/tabs and cannot find anything there. > There > must be a registry key that controls this option. > The original pics are in \\Windows\Web\Wallpaper. So, right click on the desktop select properties. Desktop tab. Hit the browse button, and select the folder, Windows\Web\Wallpapers. bw..
Guest Not4U2Know Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Re: Windows XP looking in wrong directory for desktop background f Re: Windows XP looking in wrong directory for desktop background f "meerkat" wrote: > > "Not4U2Know" <Not4U2Know@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:AEAEC0DE-1B35-40DB-B60A-E23E6A20FB50@microsoft.com... > >I have Win XP Pro XP3, and as a result of trying some changes to fix > >another > > issue with the Quick Launch bar, now when I go to change the > > background image > > for my desktop (wallpaper), the selections are not coming from > > C:\WINDOWS as > > they are supposed to, but from another directory on my PC that > > contains > > pictures (.jpg and .gif). It's not even looking for bitmaps. > > > > How can I force the OS to look in C:\WINDOWS? I've checked everything > > in > > the desktop properties screens/tabs and cannot find anything there. > > There > > must be a registry key that controls this option. > > > The original pics are in \\Windows\Web\Wallpaper. > > So, right click on the desktop select properties. > Desktop tab. > Hit the browse button, and select the folder, > Windows\Web\Wallpapers. > > bw.. > Thanks. DId that. No change. All the graphics files from the other folder with my pics are still in the drop-down.That's the issue, I want it to only list the XP files.
Guest Big_Al Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Re: Windows XP looking in wrong directory for desktop backgroundf Re: Windows XP looking in wrong directory for desktop backgroundf Not4U2Know wrote: > > "meerkat" wrote: > >> "Not4U2Know" <Not4U2Know@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:AEAEC0DE-1B35-40DB-B60A-E23E6A20FB50@microsoft.com... >>> I have Win XP Pro XP3, and as a result of trying some changes to fix >>> another >>> issue with the Quick Launch bar, now when I go to change the >>> background image >>> for my desktop (wallpaper), the selections are not coming from >>> C:\WINDOWS as >>> they are supposed to, but from another directory on my PC that >>> contains >>> pictures (.jpg and .gif). It's not even looking for bitmaps. >>> >>> How can I force the OS to look in C:\WINDOWS? I've checked everything >>> in >>> the desktop properties screens/tabs and cannot find anything there. >>> There >>> must be a registry key that controls this option. >>> >> The original pics are in \\Windows\Web\Wallpaper. >> >> So, right click on the desktop select properties. >> Desktop tab. >> Hit the browse button, and select the folder, >> Windows\Web\Wallpapers. >> >> bw.. >> > Thanks. DId that. No change. All the graphics files from the other folder > with my pics are still in the drop-down.That's the issue, I want it to only > list the XP files. Windows also thinks your "my pictures" folder is a viable place for desktop backgrounds. I had some 200 choices.
Guest Not4U2Know Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 Re: Windows XP looking in wrong directory for desktop background f Re: Windows XP looking in wrong directory for desktop background f "Big_Al" wrote: > Windows also thinks your "my pictures" folder is a viable place for > desktop backgrounds. I had some 200 choices. > I found the registry key with the path. The path is set to \Windows\Web\Wallpaper, so I have a feeling I need to reboot for it to take effect. I'll update this after rebooting.
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