Thread: Wallpaper list
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Old 01-05-2006, 02:36 AM
slingshot@goliath.in
 
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Default Re: Wallpaper list

/David Candy/ said:

<slingshot@goliath.in> wrote in message
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>> /David Candy/ said:
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>> <slingshot@goliath.in> wrote in message
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>>>>>> /Malke/ said:
>>>
>>>>>>>>>> slingshot@goliath.in wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dozen of pics from My Pictures and its subfolders now populate the list
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of Wallpaper images (right-click Desktop|properties|desktop). In the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> past only the images in that list were those in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> c:\windows\web\wallpaper - plus the current wallpaper image file.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The "Wallpaperdir" entry in the registry points to the above path.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please suggest what entry or setting can make the list revert to what
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it was - exclusively the wallpapers that are housed in the "wallpaper"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> folder, and no others.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Make a new folder in My Documents - but not in the My Pictures folder -
>>>>>>>>>> for your pictures. Move the pictures you don't want to appear in the list
>>>>>>>>>> to the new folder.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Malke
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That should do the job, thanks. Still, the underlying mystery is why the
>>>>>> behavior changed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the past, only the "wallpaper" directory items were shown...and the
>>>>>> "extra" images have been in My Pictures and its subdirectories for years.
>>>>>> Ours is not to reason why... ^

>
>>>> Use your brain moron. Because that's what users want to do. You are so stupid.

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>> "Users"? Thanks, David. Consider seeking professional help.

> I don't need to as I knew the reason. It's blindly obvious. Only morons can't see it.


Indeed. Perhaps Malke, who is always civil and helpful, or another
non-moron can explain what is obvious to you.
There are no other users on this box, incidentally.
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