Desktop Background..?

[Guest Andrew]

Is there a way to stop every single picture on your drive being displayed,

when

Display Properties, Desktop..Background.

 

Got pictures of Kids xmas presents etc. in a hidden folder..! And They Keep

appearing.

Do I need to ZIP with a PWD to Hide these.

btw. Windows ZIP-Folders Function (New Compressed(Zipped) Folder)

has vanished, But I'll Post this another Time/place)

TIA

[Guest Malke]

Re: Desktop Background..?

 

Andrew wrote:

> Is there a way to stop every single picture on your drive being displayed,

> when

> Display Properties, Desktop..Background.

>

> Got pictures of Kids xmas presents etc. in a hidden folder..! And They

> Keep appearing.

> Do I need to ZIP with a PWD to Hide these.

> btw. Windows ZIP-Folders Function (New Compressed(Zipped) Folder)

> has vanished, But I'll Post this another Time/place)

 

Windows XP fetches image files from the following paths:

 

BMP Files from C:\WINDOWS

 

BMP, JPG, GIF, JPE, DIB, PNG, HTM files from the following locations:

 

C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper

C:\Documents and Settings\<USER NAME>\My Documents\My Pictures [& ALL THE

SUB-FOLDERS]

C:\Documents and Settings\<USER NAME>\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet

Explorer

C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes [*** & ALL THE SUB-FOLDERS ***]

 

Simply make a folder called something clever like "pictures" or "photos" and

keep it in your My Documents directory. No need to hide anything; it will

not show up in the Desktop background list.

 

Malke

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[Guest Andrew]

Re: Desktop Background..?

 

Thanks for That,

It will help stop kids spotting xmas gifts.

 

"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message

news:u5ZuHaGNJHA.4248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

| Andrew wrote:

|

| > Is there a way to stop every single picture on your drive being

displayed,

| > when

| > Display Properties, Desktop..Background.

| >

| > Got pictures of Kids xmas presents etc. in a hidden folder..! And They

| > Keep appearing.

| > Do I need to ZIP with a PWD to Hide these.

| > btw. Windows ZIP-Folders Function (New Compressed(Zipped) Folder)

| > has vanished, But I'll Post this another Time/place)

|

| Windows XP fetches image files from the following paths:

|

| BMP Files from C:\WINDOWS

|

| BMP, JPG, GIF, JPE, DIB, PNG, HTM files from the following locations:

|

| C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper

| C:\Documents and Settings\<USER NAME>\My Documents\My Pictures [& ALL THE

| SUB-FOLDERS]

| C:\Documents and Settings\<USER NAME>\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet

| Explorer

| C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes [*** & ALL THE SUB-FOLDERS ***]

|

| Simply make a folder called something clever like "pictures" or "photos"

and

| keep it in your My Documents directory. No need to hide anything; it will

| not show up in the Desktop background list.

|

| Malke

| --

| MS-MVP

| Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

| FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

|

[Guest Andrew]

Re: Desktop Background..?

 

As usual your absolutely correct.

Moved images, now not appearing in

Desktop Background.

Thankyou.

 

"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in

message

news:u5ZuHaGNJHA.4248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

| Andrew wrote:

|

| > Is there a way to stop every single

picture on your drive being displayed,

| > when

| > Display Properties,

Desktop..Background.

| >

| > Got pictures of Kids xmas presents

etc. in a hidden folder..! And They

| > Keep appearing.

| > Do I need to ZIP with a PWD to Hide

these.

| > btw. Windows ZIP-Folders Function

(New Compressed(Zipped) Folder)

| > has vanished, But I'll Post this

another Time/place)

|

| Windows XP fetches image files from

the following paths:

|

| BMP Files from C:\WINDOWS

|

| BMP, JPG, GIF, JPE, DIB, PNG, HTM

files from the following locations:

|

| C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper

| C:\Documents and Settings\<USER

NAME>\My Documents\My Pictures [& ALL

THE

| SUB-FOLDERS]

| C:\Documents and Settings\<USER

NAME>\Application

Data\Microsoft\Internet

| Explorer

| C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes [*** &

ALL THE SUB-FOLDERS ***]

|

| Simply make a folder called something

clever like "pictures" or "photos" and

| keep it in your My Documents

directory. No need to hide anything; it

will

| not show up in the Desktop background

list.

|

| Malke

| --

| MS-MVP

| Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

| FAQ -

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

|

[Guest Malke]

Re: Desktop Background..?

 

Andrew wrote:

> As usual your absolutely correct.

> Moved images, now not appearing in

> Desktop Background.

> Thankyou.

 

Glad that sorted it for you. Thanks for taking the time to let me know.

 

Malke

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MS-MVP

Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

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