Location of Desktop Backgrouknd pictures

[Joe McGuire]

How can I get rid of an unwanted picture that shows up in Control Panel,
Display, Desktop, Background? Not only do I not want it to show up as the
desktop background I don't want it available in that list? The picture is
labeled "Desktop Background" but when I search the entire computer I can
find no file by that name, even when showing hidden files.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Friday, September 04, 2009 7:58:28 AM , and on a
whim, Joe McGuire pounded out on the keyboard:

How can I get rid of an unwanted picture that shows up in Control Panel,
Display, Desktop, Background? Not only do I not want it to show up as the
desktop background I don't want it available in that list? The picture is
labeled "Desktop Background" but when I search the entire computer I can
find no file by that name, even when showing hidden files.

Hi Joe,

When I click on any background imported into the list and then click the
Browse button, I'm shown its location. Have you tried that?


Terry R.

 

[Malke]

How can I get rid of an unwanted picture that shows up in Control Panel,
Display, Desktop, Background? Not only do I not want it to show up as the
desktop background I don't want it available in that list? The picture is
labeled "Desktop Background" but when I search the entire computer I can
find no file by that name, even when showing hidden files.

Windows XP fetches image files from the following paths:

BMP Files from C:\WINDOWS

BMP, JPG, GIF, JPE, DIB, PNG, HTM files from the following locations:

C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper
C:\Documents and Settings\<USER NAME>\My Documents\My Pictures [& ALL THE
SUB-FOLDERS]
C:\Documents and Settings\<USER NAME>\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer
C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes [*** & ALL THE SUB-FOLDERS ***]

Malke

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Friday, September 04, 2009 10:35:56 AM , and on a
whim, Malke pounded out on the keyboard:

How can I get rid of an unwanted picture that shows up in Control Panel,
Display, Desktop, Background? Not only do I not want it to show up as the
desktop background I don't want it available in that list? The picture is
labeled "Desktop Background" but when I search the entire computer I can
find no file by that name, even when showing hidden files.

Windows XP fetches image files from the following paths:

BMP Files from C:\WINDOWS

BMP, JPG, GIF, JPE, DIB, PNG, HTM files from the following locations:

C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper
C:\Documents and Settings\<USER NAME>\My Documents\My Pictures [& ALL THE
SUB-FOLDERS]
C:\Documents and Settings\<USER NAME>\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer
C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes [*** & ALL THE SUB-FOLDERS ***]

Malke

But if a user chooses a different background, it can be located
anywhere, and the location is remembered.


Terry R.

 

[Malke]

Terry R. wrote:

But if a user chooses a different background, it can be located
anywhere, and the location is remembered.

Yes of course. That is a given. But since the OP says he has searched for
the image, at least this will give him/her some further information.

Malke