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
    2011-10-21T01:06:59+00:00

    Hi guys,

    Please go this link and all will be resolved easily

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2504610

    Hope this help you...

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-09-21T03:58:01+00:00

    THANK YOU>>>Finally a solution!  All fixed and working!

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-09-17T16:55:27+00:00

    This also worked for me. All of a sudden, I had one photo that stayed on my screen as wallpaper. I could not change it to any other photo or Theme. .Once I did this, I could change my Themes again.

    Only, I went to My Computer\C: Drive\Users\My Name) User\AppDatta\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes. The desktop photo was the only one in the folder. I deleted it. Tried my themes again and they worked. Before you start, make sure you change your folder views so hidden files are showing.

    I do computer consulting and I can see this happening to some of my clients. Nice to know how to fix it.

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    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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  4. Anonymous
    2011-09-16T19:40:57+00:00

    Are you trying this way no?

    Default location of Windows 7 wallpaper:

    Windows 7 is come with some very nice default wallpapers. These wallpapers are really nic. The default Windows 7 wallpaper images are located at:

    C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper

    If your operating system is located other than C drive then the default location is just changes with drive name. For example:

    If your Windows 7 is installed in D partition of your hard disk, then the default location of Windows 7 wallpapers is:  D:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper

    If your Windows 7 is installed in E partition of your hard disk, then the default location of Windows 7 wallpapers is:  E:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper

    Steps to change Windows 7 desktop background

    Step 1: Right-click on the empty space on Windows 7 desktop and click on Personalize option.

    Step 2: Now, click on Desktpop Background link at the bottom of the windows.

    Step 3: After the above steps, a new window will be opened. In this windwod, you will find several nice wallpapers. To choose any wallpaper, just click on any wallpaper and that wallpaper will be set for your desktop background. If you want to set other image as your default background, then click on Browse button and browse to your favourite image location and select that image.

    Step 5: After selecting the image for your desktop background, click on Save changes button.

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