Cannot change desktop background in Windows 7 Home Premium

Anonymous

I noticed that someone else had this problem. Does anyone know how to fix it?

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Anonymous

I drove my self crazy trying to remedy this dilema for two days. I finally downloaded a program from Stardock called Windows Blinds. That solved my problem.

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Anonymous

2014-01-30T20:28:50+00:00

I put the following in the run command:

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes

then deleted the bad picture, then everything worked fine after that. It was a corrupted picture.

AFTER months..looking at all answers..came across this...Open/view HIDDEN FILES first..then you can just type in " run "..then the little box opens..then type in the command..then the folder opens...then delete the picture that is still on the desktop...then start fresh !!!!!!

All pictures can now be " set as background " by just right clicking !!!!!

Must have been a corrupt picture...
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Anonymous

2013-12-26T23:43:29+00:00

Thank you Thank you! worked perfectly for me!

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Anonymous

2013-12-10T04:35:16+00:00

i absolutely think this is a great idea. type in the code and delete the file. after that, select the new backround!!!
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Anonymous

2013-11-21T15:16:32+00:00

Thanks Ty, this fixed my problem. This Tulip picture looks like it came from Microsoft.
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