Guest Ray92873 via WindowsKB.com Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 My son used my computer a while back (XP PRO). He must have deleted the Windows XP default pictures (the pictures that come with XP) and I want them back, how do I do that. He must have cleared the recycle bin as well, because I checked there. Is there any way that I can get them back? -- Message posted via http://www.windowskb.com
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Re: Pictures Which pictures? The ones in My Pictures? Ones that are used for Desktop backgrounds? Or something else? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Ray92873 via WindowsKB.com" <u33001@uwe> wrote in message news:7577ae6719ddc@uwe... > My son used my computer a while back (XP PRO). He must have deleted the > Windows XP default pictures (the pictures that come with XP) and I want > them > back, how do I do that. He must have cleared the recycle bin as well, > because > I checked there. > > Is there any way that I can get them back? > > -- > Message posted via http://www.windowskb.com >
Guest Sam457 via WindowsKB.com Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Re: Pictures They are the "Sample Pictures" in My pictures. Gary S. Terhune wrote: >Which pictures? The ones in My Pictures? Ones that are used for Desktop >backgrounds? Or something else? > >> My son used my computer a while back (XP PRO). He must have deleted the >> Windows XP default pictures (the pictures that come with XP) and I want > >> >> Is there any way that I can get them back? -- XP Message posted via http://www.windowskb.com
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Re: Pictures There are four: Blue hills.jpg Sunset.jpg Water lilies.jpg Winter.jpg First, search for a file named winter.jp_ (last character is an underscore), probably in a folder named i386. If no luck, is your XP Pro installation disk a retail disk, or a generic OEM, not some Restore disk or partition? It should have an i386 folder. If you can locate the files (each one has a last character _ instead of G), extract them using the EXPAND command. Calling the CD drive X:\, and assuming as normal installation disk, here's the command for the Winter.jpg file: expand -r x:\i386\winter.jp_ "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\Sample Pictures" Careful of the spaces in that command. Change the path to i386 folder as necessary. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Ray92873 via WindowsKB.com" <u33001@uwe> wrote in message news:7577ae6719ddc@uwe... > My son used my computer a while back (XP PRO). He must have deleted the > Windows XP default pictures (the pictures that come with XP) and I want > them > back, how do I do that. He must have cleared the recycle bin as well, > because > I checked there. > > Is there any way that I can get them back? > > -- > Message posted via http://www.windowskb.com >
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