Changing the desktop background

[JaY-mAn]

Hi I was wondering if anyone has experienced a problem when trying to change
the desktop background from a plain colour to any other type of image? I
noticed the background was simply black one day when the day before I had a
family photo loaded. Personalisation goes perfectly even up to the point of
selecting the image I want then after the choice is made........nothing
happens. All I can do is change the colour of the background, that's it! Very
frustrating. Any ideas?

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Go to Start > All Programs > Accessories and right-click
on the Command Prompt and choose "Run as administrator".
Type in: SFC /SCANNOW and press your Enter key.

If that does not work, try doing a System Restore

 

[william davidson]

I have seen this before on a domain, it was a corrupt profile,

try using another profile/login to see if all works ok & then if possible
delete "old" profile

 

[Chrisy]

yes yes!! im on vista home preium and i cant change my desktop background at
all!! its really P****N me off because i have loads of group photos with
mates from raves i go to...... im gutted i cant use them on my desktop!!

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

yes yes!! im on vista home preium and i cant change my desktop background
at
all!! its really P****N me off because i have loads of group photos with
mates from raves i go to...... im gutted i cant use them on my desktop!!

What do you want to change it to?
Have you right clicked a blank spot on the desktop and selected Personalize?

 

[bill]

yes yes!! im on vista home preium and i cant change my desktop background at
all!! its really P****N me off because i have loads of group photos with
mates from raves i go to...... im gutted i cant use them on my desktop!!

 

[bill]

I have the same problem on my brand new computer. i browse to a folder that I
know is full of jpg photo's and vista says its empty and " no items match
your search"

 

[Chad Harris]

I'm not sure what you've done but you can try this --it sometimes helps.

I have the same problem on my brand new computer. i browse to a folder
that I
know is full of jpg photo's and vista says its empty and " no items match
your search"

______________________

Hi Bill/Chrisy too wherever her post is--

I'm not sure what you all have done but try this--it sometimes fixes this:

http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/cannot-change-the-desktop-wallpaper-fix/


To restore the ability to change the desktop Wallpaper in your system,
download the file wallpaper_enable.reg for Windows 2000/XP/Vista systems,
and save the file to your Desktop. Right-click wallpaper_enable.reg and
choose Merge to apply the settings.

The REG file removes the Wallpaper Policy setting from the following
registry locations

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
Policies \ System
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
Policies \ System
Windows Vista specific setting

Click Start, Control Panel, Ease of Access, Ease of Access Center.

Under Make things on the screen easier to see, deselect the option:

Remove background images (where available).
Select Save.

You should be able to change the desktop background now.

Good luck,

CH

 

[Chris P. Bacon]

Have you tried opening your image in IE or FF and setting it that way?