Messed up Wallpaper list

[Guest Gareth J Dykes]

Foolishly I installed Microsoft's Winter media pack. As a result, when I go

Properties-Desktop the background list (i.e. wallpapers) is all messed up.

It contains a few of the XP wallpapers and about a dozen random images from

My Pictures (always the same images). I have checked C-Windows-Web-Wallpaper

and all the images that should be there are there so its not corrupted. any

ideas, please?

Gareth

 

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[Guest Kelly]

Re: Messed up Wallpaper list

 

The pictures that show up under Display Properties, Desktop are located in

these folders:

 

C:\Documents and Settings\user name\My Documents\My Pictures

C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper

C:\Windows\Resources\Themes

 

Another checkpoint:

 

Also, go to: Start/Run then type in:

"%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer"

 

To hide and/or remove/relocate:

 

Under My Computer scroll down to Shared Documents/Shared Pictures. If

Shared Pictures is listed, remove it.

 

TweakUI for XP: Unchecking "Lock Web Content" under Explorer to be added

to desktop disables the pictures from being listed.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

 

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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http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

 

 

"Gareth J Dykes" <firstname.lastname@btinternet.com> wrote in message

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> Foolishly I installed Microsoft's Winter media pack. As a result, when I

> go Properties-Desktop the background list (i.e. wallpapers) is all messed

> up. It contains a few of the XP wallpapers and about a dozen random images

> from My Pictures (always the same images). I have checked

> C-Windows-Web-Wallpaper and all the images that should be there are there

> so its not corrupted. any ideas, please?

> Gareth

>

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> For essential news about Huddersfield Town Football Club join the Terriers

> Mailing List at http://www.Terriers.me.uk .

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