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374736	2005-07-24 01:31:00	At least this is a simple query. I am wanting to transfer my existing wallpaper files to a new computer and also to delete some of them before transferring them. Could you please tell me the names of the folder/file containing the wallpaper files and where I will find it on the C drive OS W98SE. thanks for your help. willbry	willbry (1555)
374737	2005-07-24 03:54:00	Well if you haven't saved them to a personal folder of yours, then they would most likely be in the Windows directory. cheers chiefnz	chiefnz (545)
374738	2005-07-24 09:35:00	Thanks chiefnz but if in windows what will it be named? Wallpaper?	willbry (1555)
374739	2005-07-24 09:37:00	Whatever you named them. Be a bmp or jpeg file.	Peter H (220)
374740	2005-07-24 10:30:00	I'm not much help here, willbry, as I've heaps of pix on a wallpaper changer program (disabled at present though) & am now on XP instead of the 98SE I had when I set it up. But I venture a suggestion... When I checked where my wallpaper pix are now, I got a big list of varying files. They're scattered, depending on where I got them from & what program I used to download them. A couple of obvious places are: C:\WINDOWS C:\ Program files But as I've often used Irfanview, many are in C:\Application Data\Irfanview. So knowing which program/settings you used to actually "Set as wallpaper" would help to find what file/s they're in. I found mine by simply using XP's Search/All files & folders - with "wallpaper" as the search word. Why don't you try the 98SE equivalent on your computer?	Laura (43)
374741	2005-07-24 10:35:00	just enable thumnail view and look in the windows directory, if they are in a folder then they should still be displayed. Or do a system search for *.bmp, will only take a second or 4.	Metla (12)
374742	2005-07-24 11:04:00	Dunno about willbry, but you're well ahead of me here, metla... (Still definitely a newb on stuff I've never needed yet) So how do I/does anyone: (a) enable thumbnail view? (b) do a system search? (Ordinary Search for .bmp is a hoot. A zillion files with the occasional pic used for wallpaper among them. Or absolutely everything that's on my Picasa 2) Need the real basic - Start Here - then ????? And I suspect willbry & I won't be the only ones that learn something...	Laura (43)
374743	2005-07-24 11:48:00	Dunno about willbry, but you're well ahead of me here, metla... (Still definitely a newb on stuff I've never needed yet) So how do I/does anyone: (a) enable thumbnail view? (b) do a system search? (Ordinary Search for .bmp is a hoot. A zillion files with the occasional pic used for wallpaper among them. Or absolutely everything that's on my Picasa 2) Need the real basic - Start Here - then ????? And I suspect willbry & I won't be the only ones that learn something... Open My computer / View in the menu /thumbnails Go to start / search. XP doesnt use BMP by default. It uses JPEG as the bg pics.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
374744	2005-07-24 11:49:00	Dunno about willbry, but you're well ahead of me here, metla... (Still definitely a newb on stuff I've never needed yet) So how do I/does anyone: (a) enable thumbnail view? (b) do a system search? (Ordinary Search for .bmp is a hoot. A zillion files with the occasional pic used for wallpaper among them. Or absolutely everything that's on my Picasa 2) Need the real basic - Start Here - then ????? And I suspect willbry & I won't be the only ones that learn something... Open My computer / View in the menu /thumbnails Go to start / search. Type in what you want to search for. XP doesnt use BMP by default. It uses JPEG as the bg pics. Much smaller than BMP.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
374745	2005-07-24 12:54:00	wasnt the wallpaper folder by default for the installed images in c:\windows\web\wallpaper ??? (This is on XP should be same with 98,ME,2000) Cant remember as I got rid of the folder during installation	bob_doe_nz (92)
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