- Cant change my desktop background!
- Posted by JollyUnlucky on March 2nd, 2006
i dont know why but for some reason i cant change the background on my
desktop. i can change the color of the background but i cant make it a
picture from the list or a picture from 'my pictures'. any help would be
greatly appreciated, thanks.
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Jolly
- Posted by Ramesh, MS-MVP on March 2nd, 2006
Hi Jolly
What happens when you select a picture and then click Apply?
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Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
"JollyUnlucky" <JollyUnlucky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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i dont know why but for some reason i cant change the background on my
desktop. i can change the color of the background but i cant make it a
picture from the list or a picture from 'my pictures'. any help would be
greatly appreciated, thanks.
--
Jolly
- Posted by JollyUnlucky on March 2nd, 2006
i cant select a picture in the desktop properties, everything ther is greyed
and i cant do anything in that, but when i go to one of my pictures and
right-click and select "set as background" my background just kinda flickers
a little and nothing happens.
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Jolly
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
- Posted by Ramesh, MS-MVP on March 3rd, 2006
Open Regedit and navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop
-and-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop
Delete all the values you see in the right-pane, that have a data of 1.
Navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\System
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Policies\System
Delete the values "Wallpaper" and "WallPaperStyle" in the right-pane.
Close Regedit.exe
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Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
"JollyUnlucky" <JollyUnlucky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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i cant select a picture in the desktop properties, everything ther is greyed
and i cant do anything in that, but when i go to one of my pictures and
right-click and select "set as background" my background just kinda flickers
a little and nothing happens.
--
Jolly
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
- Posted by JollyUnlucky on April 4th, 2006
thank you, that fixed it...i can now change my desktop background, thanks
again.
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Jolly
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
- Posted by Ramesh, MS-MVP on April 4th, 2006
Glad that helped, Jolly. Thanks for posting back.
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Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
"JollyUnlucky" <JollyUnlucky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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thank you, that fixed it...i can now change my desktop background, thanks
again.
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Jolly
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
- Posted by cant change my desktop back on November 30th, 2007
"Katie Mulkey" wrote:
- Posted by kdispigna on December 1st, 2007
I tried the suggestions listed below but they didn't help me. When I get
the Display menu the Desktop tab is missing. I tried Stephen's suggestion,
but there was no "group policy object editor" to add. I also tried the
suggestions from Microsoft (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=921049) but
none of the registries were there.
Can anybody help?
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