Cant change my desktop background!

i cant select a picture in the desktop properties, everything ther is greyed
and i cant do anything in that, but when i go to one of my pictures and
right-click and select "set as background" my background just kinda flickers
a little and nothing happens.
--
Jolly


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Hi Jolly
>
> What happens when you select a picture and then click Apply?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "JollyUnlucky" wrote in message
>
> i dont know why but for some reason i cant change the background on my
> desktop. i can change the color of the background but i cant make it a
> picture from the list or a picture from 'my pictures'. any help would be
> greatly appreciated, thanks.
> --
> Jolly
>
>
>

Open Regedit and navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop
-and-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop
Delete all the values you see in the right-pane, that have a data of 1.

Navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Delete the values "Wallpaper" and "WallPaperStyle" in the right-pane.

Close Regedit.exe


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"JollyUnlucky" wrote in message

i cant select a picture in the desktop properties, everything ther is greyed
and i cant do anything in that, but when i go to one of my pictures and
right-click and select "set as background" my background just kinda flickers
a little and nothing happens.
--
Jolly


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Hi Jolly
>
> What happens when you select a picture and then click Apply?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "JollyUnlucky" wrote in message
>
> i dont know why but for some reason i cant change the background on my
> desktop. i can change the color of the background but i cant make it a
> picture from the list or a picture from 'my pictures'. any help would be
> greatly appreciated, thanks.
> --
> Jolly
>
>
>

thank you, that fixed it...i can now change my desktop background, thanks
again.
--
Jolly


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

>
> Open Regedit and navigate to:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop
> -and-
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop
> Delete all the values you see in the right-pane, that have a data of 1.
>
> Navigate to:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
>
> Delete the values "Wallpaper" and "WallPaperStyle" in the right-pane.
>
> Close Regedit.exe
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "JollyUnlucky" wrote in message
>
> i cant select a picture in the desktop properties, everything ther is greyed
> and i cant do anything in that, but when i go to one of my pictures and
> right-click and select "set as background" my background just kinda flickers
> a little and nothing happens.
> --
> Jolly
>
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
> > Hi Jolly
> >
> > What happens when you select a picture and then click Apply?
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> > Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> >
> >
> > "JollyUnlucky" wrote in message
> >
> > i dont know why but for some reason i cant change the background on my
> > desktop. i can change the color of the background but i cant make it a
> > picture from the list or a picture from 'my pictures'. any help would be
> > greatly appreciated, thanks.
> > --
> > Jolly
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

Glad that helped, Jolly. Thanks for posting back.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"JollyUnlucky" wrote in message

thank you, that fixed it...i can now change my desktop background, thanks
again.
--
Jolly


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

>
> Open Regedit and navigate to:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop
> -and-
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop
> Delete all the values you see in the right-pane, that have a data of 1.
>
> Navigate to:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
>
> Delete the values "Wallpaper" and "WallPaperStyle" in the right-pane.
>
> Close Regedit.exe
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "JollyUnlucky" wrote in message
>
> i cant select a picture in the desktop properties, everything ther is
> greyed
> and i cant do anything in that, but when i go to one of my pictures and
> right-click and select "set as background" my background just kinda
> flickers
> a little and nothing happens.
> --
> Jolly

can you help i don't know why but for some reason i can't change the
background on my destop i cae change the colour of the background but i
can't make it a picture from the list or a picture from'my picture; any help
would be greatly.

"Cannot Change the Desktop Wallpaper"
http://malektips.com/windows_xp_display_desktop_0002.html

Excerpt:
"A virus, certain spyware, a malformed registry, or other circumstances
can transpire making it impossible for you to change the Windows XP
desktop wallpaper."

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Katie Mulkey wrote:
> can you help i don't know why but for some reason i can't change the
> background on my destop i cae change the colour of the background but i
> can't make it a picture from the list or a picture from'my picture; any help
> would be greatly.