My Pictures in Desktop BAckground dialog

[Guest]

My problem is that all the images in the My Pictures folder and all its
subfolders are appearing in the list of images in the Deasktop Background
dialog (Display Properties). Now the thing is I don't want any of them there,
they were only added after I decided to set my wallpaper as something from a
subfolder of the My Pictures folder.

I've looked all over for answers for this problem and have found nothing
that fixes the problem properly or permanently. I will not move my pictures
to another folder, nor will I change the path for the My Pictures folder in
the registry. There is no excuse for this behaviour, especially since it
doesn't seem to happen on a clean install or until you use a picture from My
Pictures as a background - indicating that perhaps it can be changed with
something as simple as a registry setting. The problem is that I have found
no answer to this problem, even from Microsoft certified technicians from
other sites.

If nobody has a permanent solution to the problem, could you please let me
know how I could possibly contact someone from Microsoft directly to solve
this problem?

 

[WTC]

My problem is that all the images in the My Pictures folder and all its
subfolders are appearing in the list of images in the Deasktop Background
dialog (Display Properties). Now the thing is I don't want any of them
there,
they were only added after I decided to set my wallpaper as something from
a
subfolder of the My Pictures folder.

I've looked all over for answers for this problem and have found nothing
that fixes the problem properly or permanently. I will not move my
pictures
to another folder, nor will I change the path for the My Pictures folder
in
the registry. There is no excuse for this behaviour, especially since it
doesn't seem to happen on a clean install or until you use a picture from
My
Pictures as a background - indicating that perhaps it can be changed with
something as simple as a registry setting. The problem is that I have
found
no answer to this problem, even from Microsoft certified technicians from
other sites.

If nobody has a permanent solution to the problem, could you please let me
know how I could possibly contact someone from Microsoft directly to solve
this problem?

This is how XP works.

Pictures list - Display Properties Background tab
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/background.htm

[Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MVP]

 

[Guest]

Then how come it doesn't happen until something specific is trriggered?

My problem is that all the images in the My Pictures folder and all its
subfolders are appearing in the list of images in the Deasktop Background
dialog (Display Properties). Now the thing is I don't want any of them
there,
they were only added after I decided to set my wallpaper as something from
a
subfolder of the My Pictures folder.

I've looked all over for answers for this problem and have found nothing
that fixes the problem properly or permanently. I will not move my
pictures
to another folder, nor will I change the path for the My Pictures folder
in
the registry. There is no excuse for this behaviour, especially since it
doesn't seem to happen on a clean install or until you use a picture from
My
Pictures as a background - indicating that perhaps it can be changed with
something as simple as a registry setting. The problem is that I have
found
no answer to this problem, even from Microsoft certified technicians from
other sites.

If nobody has a permanent solution to the problem, could you please let me
know how I could possibly contact someone from Microsoft directly to solve
this problem?

This is how XP works.

Pictures list - Display Properties Background tab
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/background.htm

[Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MVP]

 

[WTC]

My problem is that all the images in the My Pictures folder and all its
subfolders are appearing in the list of images in the Deasktop
Background
dialog (Display Properties). Now the thing is I don't want any of them
there,
they were only added after I decided to set my wallpaper as something
from
a
subfolder of the My Pictures folder.

I've looked all over for answers for this problem and have found
nothing
that fixes the problem properly or permanently. I will not move my
pictures
to another folder, nor will I change the path for the My Pictures
folder
in
the registry. There is no excuse for this behaviour, especially since
it
doesn't seem to happen on a clean install or until you use a picture
from
My
Pictures as a background - indicating that perhaps it can be changed
with
something as simple as a registry setting. The problem is that I have
found
no answer to this problem, even from Microsoft certified technicians
from
other sites.

If nobody has a permanent solution to the problem, could you please let
me
know how I could possibly contact someone from Microsoft directly to
solve
this problem?

This is how XP works.

Pictures list - Display Properties Background tab
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/background.htm

[Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MVP]

Then how come it doesn't happen until something specific is trriggered?

I am sorry, I do not know why. Maybe someone will come along and know the
answer.

Good Luck.

 

[Sharon F]

My problem is that all the images in the My Pictures folder and all its
subfolders are appearing in the list of images in the Deasktop Background
dialog (Display Properties). Now the thing is I don't want any of them there,
they were only added after I decided to set my wallpaper as something from a
subfolder of the My Pictures folder.

I've looked all over for answers for this problem and have found nothing
that fixes the problem properly or permanently. I will not move my pictures
to another folder, nor will I change the path for the My Pictures folder in
the registry. There is no excuse for this behaviour, especially since it
doesn't seem to happen on a clean install or until you use a picture from My
Pictures as a background - indicating that perhaps it can be changed with
something as simple as a registry setting. The problem is that I have found
no answer to this problem, even from Microsoft certified technicians from
other sites.

If nobody has a permanent solution to the problem, could you please let me
know how I could possibly contact someone from Microsoft directly to solve
this problem?

Add more pictures to your folder. Once you get past a certain number, I
think it's 100, the images from My Pictures (other than one you've selected
as wallpaper) are no longer listed as available background images.