deleting backgrounds in display properties

[Guest Deisel1_2]

A friend of mine used my computer and changed my background with a picure on

my computer. Now all of my pictures show up on my 'display properties' under

the desktops background. I don't want all of these there. Is there any way

to remove them from the available backgrounds?

[Guest Malke]

Re: deleting backgrounds in display properties

 

Deisel1_2 wrote:

> A friend of mine used my computer and changed my background with a picure on

> my computer. Now all of my pictures show up on my 'display properties' under

> the desktops background. I don't want all of these there. Is there any way

> to remove them from the available backgrounds?

 

Sure. 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 ***]

 

Make a new folder in My Documents - *not* in My Pictures - and call it

something you like, maybe "Pictures". ;-) Now go to the My Pictures

folder and move your own images into the new Pictures folder you just

made. They will no longer show up in the list of available Desktop

backgrounds. When you want to use one of them, simply click the Browse

button in the Display applet>Desktop tab and navigate to your folder.

 

 

Malke

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[Guest Deisel1_2]

Re: deleting backgrounds in display properties

 

Hey Malke thanks for the help the advice you gave me worked perfect!!!!

 

"Malke" wrote:

> Deisel1_2 wrote:

> > A friend of mine used my computer and changed my background with a picure on

> > my computer. Now all of my pictures show up on my 'display properties' under

> > the desktops background. I don't want all of these there. Is there any way

> > to remove them from the available backgrounds?

>

> Sure. 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 ***]

>

> Make a new folder in My Documents - *not* in My Pictures - and call it

> something you like, maybe "Pictures". ;-) Now go to the My Pictures

> folder and move your own images into the new Pictures folder you just

> made. They will no longer show up in the list of available Desktop

> backgrounds. When you want to use one of them, simply click the Browse

> button in the Display applet>Desktop tab and navigate to your folder.

>

>

> Malke

> --

> Elephant Boy Computers

> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com

> "Don't Panic!"

> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

>

[Guest Malke]

Re: deleting backgrounds in display properties

 

Deisel1_2 wrote:

> Hey Malke thanks for the help the advice you gave me worked perfect!!!!

 

Glad to hear it. Thanks for taking the time to let me know.

 

 

Malke

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