whiteboy Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 I'm having a problem trying to change my desktop picture. I used to have a picture on my desktop but now it seems to have disappered. When i go into properties and into desktop, I can change color but not the picture. I see the list in the pane but I am unable to click on a file and use it, can't even browse for a file. I also cant right click on a picture and set it as wallpaper(option doen't appear in menu). Any Ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Have you tried a System Restore, or do you have your operating system backed up with Acronis or similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason.b.c Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Have you tried a System Restore, or do you have your operating system backed up with Acronis or similar?i would hardly think this user needs to resort to a "system restore" in this case...sounds like a simple system error to me..., one that can probably be resolved easily... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Have you tried a System Restore, or do you have your operating system backed up with Acronis or similar?i would hardly think this user needs to resort to a "system restore" in this case...sounds like a simple system error to me..., one that can probably be resolved easily...What is YOUR suggestion for resolving it? I have tried to be helpful with the only two suggestions that i think may solve the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason.b.c Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Well , if he/she has their original "Real" Windows install disk ( not some funky restore disk that came with the PC ) then he/she could run :SFC/SCANNOW at a command prompt...http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.htmlWindows XP has the ability to protect itself from system instability caused by 3rd party software overwriting important system files. This used to be (and still is in fact), a problem with Windows 95 and Windows 98.With the introduction of Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft made a real effort to stop this from happening.How to use scannow sfc...The main reason for using this utility is when you suspect there may be a problem with a Windows XP system file.Perhaps you get a dialog box appear informing you of a problem with a .dll file, or your program will just not load! It is therefore worth checking to see if there are any corrupt system files using scannow sfc.To do this simply go to the Run box on the Start Menu and type in:sfc /scannowThis command will immediately initiate the Windows File Protection service to scan all protected files and verify their integrity, replacing any files with which it finds a problem.The following should appear to give an indication of how long the process is taking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Well worth a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteboy Posted March 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Tried the restore option and the SFCboption. neither worked. any thing else to try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cozofdeath Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 You can try opening notepad, paste this into it...Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop]"NoChangingWallPaper"=dword:00000000"NoAddingComponents"=dword:00000000"NoComponents"=dword:00000000"NoDeletingComponents"=dword:00000000"NoEditingComponents"=dword:00000000"NoCloseDragDropBands"=dword:00000000"NoMovingBands"=dword:00000000"NoHTMLWallPaper"=dword:00000000[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]"NoDispBackgroundPage"=dword:00000000[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]"NoDispScrSavPage"=dword:00000000[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"NoActiveDesktopChanges"=hex:00,00,00,00"NoActiveDesktop"=dword:00000000[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]"NoDispCPL"=dword:00000000[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"ClassicShell"=dword:00000000...and save it as desktopfix.reg, then double click it to import it into your registry. You may want to make a backup before hand. That can be done by clicking the Start button, Run and type regedit, click OK. Then click the File menu, select Export, name the file backup and make sure the ALL box is checked, then save it to your desktop. That will backup the whole registry. BTW The registry file above is from kellys-korner so its been tested, I didn't come up with it myself. Hope it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteboy Posted March 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 Just tried it and got an error message "Cannot import file. the specified file is not a registry script." So I went ahead and typed the values in, but they were already there. So I'm assuming that this fix isn't working for me either. Next idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 Something else for you to try.Download and save Cleandesktop to your computer from this link: http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/files/cleandesktop.exe and double click on the cleandesktop.exeIt will automatically extract to c:\desktopclean where it needs to be to run and will automatically run the cleandesktop.vbs script If it doesn't open then go to c:\desktopclean and double click on the cleandesktop.vbs Do not run any other file from there please unless asked to If you have script blocking enabled you will get a warning about a malicious script wanting to run. Please allow this script to run. It is not malicious.If you get a message when you first run it "Can not find script file "blah blah blah" then don't worry just doubleclick the cleandesktop.vbs script again you sometimes get that message when a script blocker blocks the script It will then kill Explorer. You will lose your taskbar and desktop. It will repair the registry entries returning your normal desktop and context menu functions.It will restart Explorer.Once you have performed the big cleanup, each of the other Users on the System needs to be signed in to clean up their desktop and regain the right click.I have included another vbs to do this. It is named Other Profiles Regfix.vbsHave each User sign in and run Other Profiles Regfix.vbsOpen C:\ (Go to Start>Run and type C: Press enter) and Open the c:\desktopclean folder. Double click on Other Profiles Regfix.vbsExplorer will be ended and that user's active desktop registry entries will be repaired. Explorer will be restarted.To restore the desktop to whatever picture you normally have right click on a blank part of desktop & select properties/desktop & select your prefered picture press apply & then ok to exit and then press F5You will need to do this step for every user account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteboy Posted March 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 Thanks Alan!!!! The script did the trick. If you don't mind me asking, What all did it do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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