Wallpaper

I had a .jpg photograph as my wallpaper. Today I went to change the
wallpaper to a different photograph, and windows won't let me now select any
photograph as wallpaper, other than the wallpaper images that came with
windows xp.

Any ideas as to why? And how I can fix this so I can use photographs as my
wallpaper again?

RustyWoehrle
Fri Mar 28 10:01:04 PDT 2008

Correction. For some reason my computer will only let me use pictures that
are in .bmp format or the wallpaper pictures that came with windows xp, as
wallpaper.

For some reason it won't let me use .jpg or .jpeg formats.

Any ideas as to why?




"Rusty Woehrle" wrote:

> I had a .jpg photograph as my wallpaper. Today I went to change the
> wallpaper to a different photograph, and windows won't let me now select any
> photograph as wallpaper, other than the wallpaper images that came with
> windows xp.
>
> Any ideas as to why? And how I can fix this so I can use photographs as my
> wallpaper again?

Malke
Fri Mar 28 10:23:44 PDT 2008

Rusty Woehrle wrote:

> Correction. For some reason my computer will only let me use pictures
> that
> are in .bmp format or the wallpaper pictures that came with windows xp,
> as wallpaper.
>
> For some reason it won't let me use .jpg or .jpeg formats.
>
> Any ideas as to why?

This usually happens when your Temporary Internet Files folder is too full.
Time to do some maintenance.

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Maintenance

Malke
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MS-MVP
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www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

Nightowl
Fri Mar 28 10:30:56 PDT 2008

Rusty Woehrle <RustyWoehrle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on Fri, 28
Mar 2008:

>Correction. For some reason my computer will only let me use pictures that
>are in .bmp format or the wallpaper pictures that came with windows xp, as
>wallpaper.
>
>For some reason it won't let me use .jpg or .jpeg formats.
>
>Any ideas as to why?
>
Hi Rusty
Try typing these commands into the Start | Run box:

regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll

regsvr32 /i mshtml.dll

Open up the Display Properties dialog and see if this has fixed it
(sometimes you may have to reboot before you see any change). If it's
still not working after a reboot, go back to Start | Run and type this
command:

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

Hope this helps. Let us know how it goes :-)
--
Nightowl

Ramesh,
Fri Mar 28 23:03:10 PDT 2008

Display Properties Desktop background tab lists only BMP files:=20
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/jpgbackground.htm

--=20
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows=C2=AE Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Winhelponline.com blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


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For some reason it won't let me use .jpg or .jpeg formats. =20

Any ideas as to why?




"Rusty Woehrle" wrote:

> I had a .jpg photograph as my wallpaper. Today I went to change the =

> wallpaper to a different photograph, and windows won't let me now =
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> Any ideas as to why? And how I can fix this so I can use photographs =
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RustyWoehrle
Sat Mar 29 08:31:01 PDT 2008

Now it won't even let me use .bmp files as my wallpaper. I did the
regsvr32 /i shell32.dll and that change a thing.

My temporary files are deleted automatically everytime I shut down Internet
Explorer.

Any suggestions?

RustyWoehrle
Sat Mar 29 08:36:01 PDT 2008

Today, even the supplied wallpapers that came with windows won't work.

:-/


"Rusty Woehrle" wrote:

> I had a .jpg photograph as my wallpaper. Today I went to change the
> wallpaper to a different photograph, and windows won't let me now select any
> photograph as wallpaper, other than the wallpaper images that came with
> windows xp.
>
> Any ideas as to why? And how I can fix this so I can use photographs as my
> wallpaper again?

RustyWoehrle
Sat Mar 29 08:39:00 PDT 2008

lol okay i hate computer gremlins. i changed the default background color
from blue to white, and now my .bmp file i selected as wallpaper is showing
up. But I still can't use .jpg / .jpeg files.

Grrrr sometimes I hate computers. lol

RustyWoehrle
Sat Mar 29 10:02:02 PDT 2008

I shut off my computer for a bit. And when I turned it back on my wallpaper
was gone. All I had was a white background. In order to make the .bmp
wallpaper show up, I had to once again, change the color of the background.

There's somethin' really screwed up somewhere.

MAP
Sat Mar 29 11:21:43 PDT 2008

Rusty Woehrle wrote:
> My temporary files are deleted automatically everytime I shut down
> Internet Explorer.

This setting does not always work.
--
Mike Pawlak

PD43
Sat Mar 29 10:53:20 PDT 2008

Rusty Woehrle <RustyWoehrle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>There's somethin' really screwed up somewhere.

do you have an XP CD?

RustyWoehrle
Sat Mar 29 14:28:00 PDT 2008

No, i dont have an XP CD. None came with the computer.

PD43
Sat Mar 29 14:38:08 PDT 2008

Rusty Woehrle <RustyWoehrle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>No, i dont have an XP CD. None came with the computer.

The I guess I won't recommend a "repair install".