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- Bobb - - 12 May 2007 16:17 GMT

XP Pro: when I right-click to change my background I can see all of the
files in " My pictures" listed. I'd rather have it point to ... another
folder. How do I do that ?
Reason ... getting a lot of photos online that I WOULD like to use as
backgrounds but don't need to see also the hundreds of files in My
Pictures included in the available listings. Would prefer it JUST point
to "C:\windows\web\Wallpapers" and I'LL put what I want it to see - in
there.
I tried google - couldn't find solution/exact wording .
Thanks

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Terry - 12 May 2007 16:55 GMT

On 5/12/2007 8:17 AM On a whim, - Bobb - pounded out on the keyboard

> XP Pro: when I right-click to change my background I can see all of the
> files in " My pictures" listed. I'd rather have it point to ... another
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> Thanks
>

Hi Bob,

I just checked the workstation I'm working at and the Background
"Browse" button opened to the last selected folder I picked a background
from, so maybe the setting is remembered. I don't have a dedicated "My
Pictures" folder, so that might have something to do with it also.

I would select a background from the wallpaper folder using the Browse
button and see if it doesn't open there next time.

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Rock - 12 May 2007 21:13 GMT

> XP Pro: when I right-click to change my background I can see all of the
> files in " My pictures" listed. I'd rather have it point to ... another
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> "C:\windows\web\Wallpapers" and I'LL put what I want it to see - in there.
> I tried google - couldn't find solution/exact wording .

XP get's wallpaper image files from the following locations:

BMP Files from C:\WINDOWS

BMP, JPG, GIF, JPE, DIB, PNG, HTM files from the following locations:

C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper
C:\Documents and Settings\<USER NAME>\My Documents\My Pictures [& ALL THE
SUB-FOLDERS]
C:\Documents and Settings\<USER NAME>\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer
C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes [*** & ALL THE SUB-FOLDERS ***]

If you don't want particular images to appear in the list move them from
these locations.

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- Bobb - - 14 May 2007 15:33 GMT

Rock,

Stupid me .. putting my pictures I put in a Microsoft labelled folder
called " My Pictures". Thanks. I can see that it works, but just find it
CRAZY that I need to remove pictures from " My Pictures" to clean it
up. guess I'll call it " Our Pictures "

>> XP Pro: when I right-click to change my background I can see all of
>> the files in " My pictures" listed. I'd rather have it point to ...
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> If you don't want particular images to appear in the list move them
> from these locations.

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Rock - 14 May 2007 23:09 GMT

Sorry Bobb, not saying it's good or bad, just giving you the info on how it
works. Personally I don't use the My Pictures folder or any of the "My"
folders. I organize things in my own way.

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> Rock,
>
> Stupid me .. putting my pictures I put in a Microsoft labelled folder
> called " My Pictures". Thanks. I can see that it works, but just find it
> CRAZY that I need to remove pictures from " My Pictures" to clean it up.
> guess I'll call it " Our Pictures "

>> "- Bobb -"wrote
>>> XP Pro: when I right-click to change my background I can see all of the
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>> If you don't want particular images to appear in the list move them from
>> these locations.

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- Bobb - - 15 May 2007 00:57 GMT

Rock - don't misunderstand : I didn't mean it as picking on you ... just
'thinking out loud'. ( that msft marketing is 'always making it easy for
the public' and causes problems.
I keep all my permanent stuff in other folders too so NOT using My
Pictures not an issue for me - it's only a temp area when importing
until I can sort/save on my D drive.
Thanks again for the pointers.
Bobb

> Sorry Bobb, not saying it's good or bad, just giving you the info on
> how it works. Personally I don't use the My Pictures folder or any of
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>>> If you don't want particular images to appear in the list move them
>>> from these locations.

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Rock - 15 May 2007 01:24 GMT

Not a problem Bobb, I didn't think you were pickin on me; I knew you just
weren't happy with the MS structure.

Btw, that made me think of the old song by the Coasters, "Charlie Brown"
with the refrain, "Why is everybody always picking on me?" Lol

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"- Bobb -"wrote

> Rock - don't misunderstand : I didn't mean it as picking on you ... just
> 'thinking out loud'. ( that msft marketing is 'always making it easy for
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> I can sort/save on my D drive.
> Thanks again for the pointers.

>> Sorry Bobb, not saying it's good or bad, just giving you the info on how
>> it works. Personally I don't use the My Pictures folder or any of the
>> "My" folders. I organize things in my own way.

>>> Rock,
>>>
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>>>> If you don't want particular images to appear in the list move them
>>>> from these locations.

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pacific-guy - 13 May 2008 04:36 GMT

Hi everyone

It wasn't until today I detected I had the same problem in whic
Desktop Display Properties listed all pictures from the original M
Pictures folder and subfolders. I will show you how I solved thi
problem

To get rid of this problem

1. Go to Start > Search, do a file search for "My Pictures" (quotatio
marks omitted
2. Under search results, look for folders called My Pictures i
locations other than original My Documents folder
3. Delete My Pictures folders not listed in any original My Document
folder

Here's how it happened to me. Last week, I downloaded a picture whil
in sandboxed mode, which caused Sandbox to create another My Picture
folder located at C:\Documents and Settings\*user profile*\Applicatio
Data\Sandbox\DefaultBox\user\current\My Documents\My Pictures. Thi
began the whole problem, it seems

I know there is a concrete correlation because I deliberately di
immediate before-and-after comparsions. As soon as I removed tha
sandboxed My Pictures folder, which had confused the system, the Deskto
Display Properties list returned to normal

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Kelly - 12 May 2007 22:27 GMT

Added info:

The pictures that show up under Display Properties, Desktop are located in
these folders:

C:\Documents and Settings\user name\My Documents\My Pictures
C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper
C:\Windows\Resources\Themes

Another checkpoint:

Also, go to: Start/Run then type in:
"%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer"

To hide and/or remove/relocate:

Under My Computer scroll down to Shared Documents/Shared Pictures. If
Shared Pictures is listed, remove it.

TweakUI for XP: Unchecking "Lock Web Content" under Explorer to be added
to desktop disables the pictures from being listed.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Workarounds:

Create another folder (under your user profile), remove the pictures from My
Pictures that you don't want listed under Backgrounds and in the My Pictures
folder, create a shortcut to the new folder. Or create subfolders within My
Pictures.

Add Folders to the "Save As" Dialog (Places Bar) Line 117
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Disable Default Save As to My Pictures (Line 263)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Add Folder to Start Menu to replace/re-route My Pictures (Line 2)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it
and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by
right clicking on the file and selecting Edit.

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> XP Pro: when I right-click to change my background I can see all of the
> files in " My pictures" listed. I'd rather have it point to ... another
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> I tried google - couldn't find solution/exact wording .
> Thanks

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- Bobb - - 14 May 2007 15:56 GMT

Replies inline:

> Added info:
>
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> C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper
> C:\Windows\Resources\Themes

Ok thanks

> Another checkpoint:
>
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> Under My Computer scroll down to Shared Documents/Shared Pictures. If
> Shared Pictures is listed, remove it.

Do you mean "Delete it" ?

> TweakUI for XP: Unchecking "Lock Web Content" under Explorer to be
> added to desktop disables the pictures from being listed.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

I have TweakUI for XP and that's not an option under ANY tab for me.

> Workarounds:
>
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> Add Folder to Start Menu to replace/re-route My Pictures (Line 2)
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

I only looked quickly but didn't see that they appiled to this .
I'll try again later - gotta go now - thanks
bobb

> To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click
> it and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in
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>> I tried google - couldn't find solution/exact wording .
>> Thanks

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