Hi all...
I have noticed that my desktop picture will disappear occasionally.
I will choose a picture, and all is fine. Something happens a week or a
month later, and the picture is no longer displayed on my desktop. Oddly
enough, it does flash on the screen as I shut down the computer. If I
right-click the desktop and check the settings, the picture I want IS
selected, but does not appear.
If I deselect that photo, it is no longer on the list of available photos.
It has happened with several pix over time.
Any ideas?
John

Johnnyjomp wrote:

> Hi all...
> I have noticed that my desktop picture will disappear occasionally.
> I will choose a picture, and all is fine. Something happens a week or
> a month later, and the picture is no longer displayed on my desktop.
> Oddly enough, it does flash on the screen as I shut down the computer.
> If I right-click the desktop and check the settings, the picture I
> want IS selected, but does not appear.
> If I deselect that photo, it is no longer on the list of available
> photos. It has happened with several pix over time.
> Any ideas?
> John

Are these pictures from the Internet? It sounds like you are applying
the image directly from the Internet (set as Desktop background) and
these images are stored in the Temporary Internet Files folder.
Naturally, as this folder is cleaned up regularly the images will
disappear.

Instead, when you find a picture online that you like right-click and
choose "Save As" and save the image somewhere logical (perhaps
"Internet pictures" in My Documents). Then it will not disappear.

Malke
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Hi Malke...
They are not internet pix, but possibly images that I have moved or
renamed. That would explain why they are no longer on the desktop.

That does not explain, though, why the picture reappears for a very
short moment when I am shutting down.

John

Malke wrote:
> Johnnyjomp wrote:
>
>> Hi all...
>> I have noticed that my desktop picture will disappear occasionally.
>> I will choose a picture, and all is fine. Something happens a week or
>> a month later, and the picture is no longer displayed on my desktop.
>> Oddly enough, it does flash on the screen as I shut down the computer.
>> If I right-click the desktop and check the settings, the picture I
>> want IS selected, but does not appear.
>> If I deselect that photo, it is no longer on the list of available
>> photos. It has happened with several pix over time.
>> Any ideas?
>> John
>
> Are these pictures from the Internet? It sounds like you are applying
> the image directly from the Internet (set as Desktop background) and
> these images are stored in the Temporary Internet Files folder.
> Naturally, as this folder is cleaned up regularly the images will
> disappear.
>
> Instead, when you find a picture online that you like right-click and
> choose "Save As" and save the image somewhere logical (perhaps
> "Internet pictures" in My Documents). Then it will not disappear.
>
> Malke