Is there a way (short of editing the registry) to configure the desktop
background so that an image occupies only a portion of the screen other than
the center. I would liike to place a personal photo in, say, the right upper
quadrant of the screen and leave the rest of the screen a simple solid
color?

--
'Drew Moreland

Drew Moreland wrote:
> Is there a way (short of editing the registry) to configure the desktop
> background so that an image occupies only a portion of the screen other than
> the center. I would liike to place a personal photo in, say, the right upper
> quadrant of the screen and leave the rest of the screen a simple solid
> color?
>

Drew, you could create a picture of plain color using photoshop,
paintshop pro or whatever in the screen size that you use. Then resize
the personal image that you want to display to the size that you want to
show it at. Copy & paste it onto your color image as a new layer to the
position that you want to display it at. save the image
Select this image from desktop properties .... et voila!


cheers, Jim

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Drew Moreland <(E-Mail Removed)> had this to say:

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> Is there a way (short of editing the registry) to configure the
> desktop background so that an image occupies only a portion of the
> screen other than the center. I would liike to place a personal photo
> in, say, the right upper quadrant of the screen and leave the rest of
> the screen a simple solid color?

I don't even know of a way to do it with the registry. I'm not entirely up
on every registry option available so it might be there but I've never come
across it and my Google terms used didn't show anything of interest. The
easy way to do this is to take said image, open your favorite image editing
software (Paint will work for this) and position it where you want it and
then make the rest of the image the size you want it to be. Basically you'd
just make a giant sized image (the same size as the resolution of your
desktop like 800 x 600) and then paste the image into the upper right hand
side of that same image, save it as a new image, and then use that as your
background.

Galen
--

"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes

Drew,

Position the Wallpaper image anywhere in your Desktop:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/wallpaperpos.htm

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...roupsetup.mspx

"Drew Moreland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23H6$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is there a way (short of editing the registry) to configure the desktop
> background so that an image occupies only a portion of the screen other
> than the center. I would liike to place a personal photo in, say, the
> right upper quadrant of the screen and leave the rest of the screen a
> simple solid color?
>
> --
> 'Drew Moreland
>

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Ramesh, MS-MVP <(E-Mail Removed)> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Drew,
>
> Position the Wallpaper image anywhere in your Desktop:
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/wallpaperpos.htm
>
>
> "Drew Moreland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23H6$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Is there a way (short of editing the registry) to configure the
>> desktop background so that an image occupies only a portion of the
>> screen other than the center. I would liike to place a personal
>> photo in, say, the right upper quadrant of the screen and leave the
>> rest of the screen a simple solid color?
>>
>> --
>> 'Drew Moreland

Nice. You know? I'd forgotten about that critter. Thanks for posting the
link, from me at least, as it's a handy tool to keep on-hand. Means you can
tuck the new MVP logo up into the upper right if that suits your fancy.
Anyhow, added (or is that re-added and I'd just lost it in among them) to my
favorites. Much appreciated.

Galen
--

"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes

You're very welcome Galen. Your feedback is much appreciated :-)

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...roupsetup.mspx


"Galen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In news:%(E-Mail Removed),
> Ramesh, MS-MVP <(E-Mail Removed)> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> Drew,
>>
>> Position the Wallpaper image anywhere in your Desktop:
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/wallpaperpos.htm
>>
>>
>> "Drew Moreland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%23H6$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Is there a way (short of editing the registry) to configure the
>>> desktop background so that an image occupies only a portion of the
>>> screen other than the center. I would liike to place a personal
>>> photo in, say, the right upper quadrant of the screen and leave the
>>> rest of the screen a simple solid color?
>>>
>>> --
>>> 'Drew Moreland
>
> Nice. You know? I'd forgotten about that critter. Thanks for posting the
> link, from me at least, as it's a handy tool to keep on-hand. Means you
> can tuck the new MVP logo up into the upper right if that suits your
> fancy. Anyhow, added (or is that re-added and I'd just lost it in among
> them) to my favorites. Much appreciated.
>
> Galen
> --
>
> "And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
> with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
> very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
> made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."
>
> Sherlock Holmes
>

In news:%(E-Mail Removed),
Ramesh, MS-MVP <(E-Mail Removed)> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> You're very welcome Galen. Your feedback is much appreciated :-)

*chuckles* I swear I learn more here than I give some days. There's a few
groups that I don't post in at all. I just read...

Galen
--

"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes