Cannot change desktop background in Windows 7 Home Premium

Damn! you put this question more than a year ago!! i had a good answer, lol

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I am using Dell XPS 1330 with Windows 7 Ultimate. I had the same problem of Desktop background not being changed. I went to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\system

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Rehman Gul

I have a new dell vostro 1520 and on mine, it goes as far as policies, but there is no system folder.

I know on my first couple of days, i was able to change the background, and suddenly it stopped working.

ok...after doing more reading and experimenting, here is how i fixed my problem...

I went over to this link:

http://danielpalmarin.edublogs.org/2009/12/01/catalyst-9-11-windows-7-bugs-fix/

created a new administrator profile as it said.

Logged on the new user profile, and the background there was working just fine, but obviously, all my settings were gone from my original administrator profile.

I didn't want to delete my old administrator profile as the link suggested cause I had that account setup like wanted it, and well, i figured i might try to salvage it, so  Still logged on to the new administrator profile, I navigated to the following path:

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

I copied the themes folder, moved it to the desktop of the new administrator profile, and from there, I zipped the themes folder and emailed it to myself.  I could have put it on the usb drive, or put it on my network, but I was not at home when doing this, so emailing was the easiest solution at the time...

So then I logged on back to my old administrator profile.  Downloaded my zipped themes folder.

I then navigated to the same path as before, but this time in the old administrator profile:

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

I deleted the themes folder there, and unzipped my themes folder from the new administrator account I had previously created, and voila, background is working again!!!!

Ok I Just went to that folder and erase everything was there... and suddenly ... I can change my desktop background AGAIN!

Thank you very much Zirtek

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.

Thx Ty the IT Guy, the only fix that worked for me, this had been bugging me for ages.

Hi jamis4031,

Yes, your problem is due to restrictions in Windows 7 Starter; by default it does not include the Personalization option.

However, all is not lost! There is a way.

Wallpaper

Click on the link below and it will show you how to download and use the programOceanis Change Background Windows 7. There is also an optional desktop slideshow (shuffle).

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/47294-desktop-background-change-windows-7-starter.html

Previous responses have been very positive, it is safe and, best of all, it's free!

Other personalization

Direct quote from the How-to Geek web site:

Windows 7 Starter still has a lot of customization options, but they’re not as apparent as they are in other editions of Windows 7.  With these tips, you should be able to customize your netbook more than you originally thought possible.  And these all work without installing any 3rd party software!

See what's available in this link from the How-to Geek website:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/11243/how-to-personalize-windows-7-starter/>

Hope that helps!

All the best,

Sharon

Sharon Roffey

Queensland, Australia