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.
Cannot change desktop background in Windows 7 Home Premium
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I noticed that someone else had this problem. Does anyone know how to fix it?
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Anonymous
2010-11-15T04:15:05+00:00 Well go to Ease of acess and Uncheck the show desktop Icons that Fixed the Problem
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Anonymous
2010-11-22T03:56:26+00:00 yep, mine was corrupted image file too, thanks so much i began to flip thinking i had a virus or something
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Anonymous
2010-11-24T04:32:23+00:00 Please see this blog for your reference.
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2010-12-01T03:53:14+00:00 i dont have a PERSONALIZE option when i RIGHT CLICK existing desktop. how is this so? is it because i am only using windows 7 starter edition?