desktop background photo problem

[Fleur]

Where are the desktop background files kept? When I designated a photo to be
used as a desktop background, ALL the photos in the folder were moved to the
desktop background files list, not just the one I had highlighted. I did a
search to find them, but they were
all still listed only in the photo folder. No mention was made of them in
the desktop background group and when I tried to track down any one of the
basic desktop background names I couldn't find them either. How can I delete
some of these desktop background files? And what can I do to have ONLY the
one photo I highlight be
moved to the desktop background files list?

Thanks for your help.

 

[John Inzer]

Where are the desktop background files kept? When I designated a photo to be
used as a desktop background, ALL the photos in the folder were moved to the
desktop background files list, not just the one I had highlighted. I did a
search to find them, but they were
all still listed only in the photo folder. No mention was made of them in
the desktop background group and when I tried to track down any one of the
basic desktop background names I couldn't find them either. How can I delete
some of these desktop background files? And what can I do to have ONLY the
one photo I highlight be
moved to the desktop background files list?

Thanks for your help.

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This is by design. All the images in your My Pictures folder
are available as Desktop Backgrounds. If you move the
images to a different folder...they will no longer be in the
background list.

If you require more info, the following message previously
posted by Kelly may be useful:
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Hi,

The pictures that show up under display properties, desktop are located in
these folders:

C:\Documents and Settings\user name\My Documents\My Pictures
C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper
C:\Windows\Resources\Themes

Under My Computer scroll down to Shared Documents/Shared Pictures. If
Shared Pictures is listed, remove it.

TweakUI for XP: Unchecking "Lock Web Content" under Explorer to be added
to desktop disables the pictures from being listed.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Workarounds:

Create another folder (under your user profile), remove the pictures from My
Pictures that you don't want listed under Backgrounds and in the My Pictures
folder, create a shortcut to the new folder. Or create subfolders within My
Pictures.

Add Folders to the "Save As" Dialog (Places Bar) Line 117
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Disable Default Save As to My Pictures (Line 111)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Add Folder to Start Menu to replace/re-route My Pictures (Line 2)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it
and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by
right clicking on the file and selecting Edit.

/xp_tweaks.htm

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
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