[synth7]

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/7...erissuect4.jpg

As you can see in the image on the left, I have a couple of wallpapers in the directory where Windows looks for wallpapers, C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpapers. However, when I go to change wallpaper from Desktop, it only shows the current wallpaper. Has anyone ever seen this before?

[atomic tofu]

just checking...are you sure there is only 1 copy of the image? Could be you "set as wallpaper" a copy of that image from some other location.

[synth7]

Originally Posted by atomic tofu

just checking...are you sure there is only 1 copy of the image? Could be you "set as wallpaper" a copy of that image from some other location.

I did "Set as wallpaper" on *that* copy of the image. But even still, Windows looks in C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpapers\ when generating that list of wallpapers, so it should see them regardless.

I tried moving the images to just C:\WINDOWS\, but they still don't show up. However, putting a *.bmp image in C:\WINDOWS\ makes it show up just fine in the Desktop background list. I'm confused. Doing exactly what I am doing works fine on my desktop, but for some reason refuses to work on this laptop.

[atomic tofu]

yeah...theoretically it should work like that I forget but sometimes certain things make it behave like an app that remembers it's last position. So let's say I had c:\temppics and do from there...it might open up desktops looking in there next time and ignore where it originals are at.

That might be a random bug though I am thinking of.

OH....I think there are certain "formats" of jpegs too that are seen or not seen. I think if you open up and resave as jpg...windows might see them normally. Just make sure to choose the correct jpg extension.

[synth7]

Fixed it, got my list of wallapers lol.

Had to go into Group Policy Editor, User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Desktop > Active Desktop > 'Enable Active Desktop' to allow JPEG wallpapers.