Cannot change desktop background in Windows 7 Home Premium

Anonymous
2009-11-08T14:17:39+00:00

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

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Anonymous
2009-11-20T23:21:17+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2012-03-15T10:47:56+00:00

    Thanks so much!  This was an immediate fix.

    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.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-03-15T04:22:31+00:00

    OMG hey man thanks....i had a few ideas which worked but i dub yours as the best

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-01-28T22:47:41+00:00

    Worked perfectly, deleted the dell default background picture and its all good , thanks

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