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HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop. In the right pane change to path
to Wallpaper.
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"Peter Jam" <pjam@lorch.com> wrote in message
news:uBfDPaKoEHA.4056@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> george wrote:
>
>>
>> "Peter Jam" <pjam@lorch.com> wrote in message
>> news:u2xbpdynEHA.556@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> > george wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> >> "Peter Jam" <pjam@lorch.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:%23FYmMLMnEHA.2948@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> >> > george wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > >
>> >> >> "Paul" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:16f301c49c08$03d8fc80$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> >> > I was wondering where Windows stores the configuration
>> >> >> > file that determines which wallpaper to load. I know the
>> >> >> > wallpapers are stored in C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper but
>> >> >> > which file determines which one to load.
>> >> >> > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Thank you
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Paul
>> >> > >
>> >> >> This is a registry setting in
>> >> >> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper
>> >> >
>> >> > George:
>> >> > If a computer doesn't have this setting (No wallpaper entry in
>> >> > desktop, just windowmetrics) would that cause it to lose the
>> >> > setting on every re-boot as mine does?
>> >> > peter
>> > >
>> >> Here we go again, first attempt was dumped from the server almost
>> >> immediately.
>> >> Wallpaper is not a key (on the left) but rather a Valuename (on the
>> >> right).
>> > >
>> >> george
>> >
>> > George I have a WallpaperStyle with a value of 2, on the Right under
>> > Desktop, no just plain Wallpaper?? I also have: Originalwallpaper,
>> > PrevTileWallpaper and PrevWallpaper.
>>
>> well, on my (more or less pristine) xp pro system I don't see
>> PrevTileWallpaper nor PrevWallpaper.
>> You wouldn't happen to have (had, at some point) some 'wallpaper
>> changer' program installed? (wouldn't know otherwise where those come
>> from. Anyhow, you could define the Wallpaper entry yourself by
>> rightclicking in the right regedit pane New, Stringvalue, name it
>> Wallpaper and provide a value pointing to some wallpaper bmp or jpg,
>> eg. c:\windows\web\wallpaper\bliss.bmp
>>
>> hth
>>
>> george
>
> George-this is Really strange:
> I did what you suggested, twice. I made bliss the wallpaper and added
> it to the registry. I changed the color of the background to match
> wallpaper. Rebooted, no wallpaper. So, I went back into the registry,
> my string was gone, so I re-entered it and made bliss wallpaper again.
> Rebooted today, same thing. No registry no wallpaper, desktop color
> remains though!
>
> Frustrated
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