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| Thread ID: 52532 | 2004-12-21 10:23:00 | Cannot choose .jpg files for wallpaper | Kindel (6640) | Press F1 |
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| 306349 | 2004-12-21 10:23:00 | Hi, the title ^ pretty much sums up my problem, and i cant be specific as to when it began, but 1. only bmp's show up in the backgrounf list in Display Properties, and 2, even when i click browse and go to a jpg and open it, the open window disappears but nothing happens. The jpg isnt even listed! I know this was supposedly fixed in sp1, which i have, and the knowlege base arrticle isnt much help (all it says is the problem is fixed in an update). The only way around it is to convert the jpgs int bmps, but thats tedious and i shouldnt have to to that!!! cheers, any help would be great |
Kindel (6640) | ||
| 306350 | 2004-12-21 10:49:00 | Are you saying you can't open jpegs at all? What programme did/do you have set as the defualt to open jpegs? Can you open them in your browser, if so does right click > set as backgoround do anything? I assume your using XP (lots of windows have an SP1), so not sure if the Active Desktop feature is the same as what I'm using, is it on or off in the right click blank desktop space context menu? |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 306351 | 2004-12-21 11:02:00 | heres a quick way to set jpg as wallpaper open Internet explorer drag and drop your jpg into it right click on the jpg displayed select set as background. |
beama (111) | ||
| 306352 | 2004-12-21 11:03:00 | no no i can play with jpgs just fine, XP home just won't allow me to set them as background...i cant even use the option in Paint, it says i need to save first (which i do to no avail) Read my first post again :@@: |
Kindel (6640) | ||
| 306353 | 2004-12-21 11:07:00 | OK thanks, that worked Beama, but it's still a little..inconvenient | Kindel (6640) | ||
| 306354 | 2004-12-21 11:09:00 | Ok, that's one ? answered. Can you bear with me and go through the others, adding anything else that you feel could be relevant :) What web browser are you using by the way, IE? Just a wild guess. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 306355 | 2004-12-21 11:16:00 | for that wee experiment i used IE, but usually its Opera or firefox . Oh, and btw u can also set the background by opening the jpg (windows fax viewer thingy) and right clicking -> set as background . So the problem only seems to be when i try to set it in ''display settings'' . still, it is a bizarre little problem isnt it :) |
Kindel (6640) | ||
| 306356 | 2004-12-21 11:21:00 | I was a little sus that IE had a hand in it because it has a finger in many of this type of task in Windows. Might be worth looking in to, to get it back to normal. | Murray P (44) | ||
| 306357 | 2004-12-21 11:24:00 | hmm i dunno..IE is the spawn of satan, but still, i cant find any info anywhere on this, only links to the pre-sp1 version of this problem, which are irrelevant now. | Kindel (6640) | ||
| 306358 | 2004-12-21 11:50:00 | Hmm - it's really easy using Netscape. I would have thought other Mozilla browsers would be the same: Open Browser | File | Open File | browse to the .jpg image and open it. Right click on the image and select Set as Wallpaper |
Greg (193) | ||
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