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It looks like I can. The image quality is deteriorated a bit and it's a
couple extra steps that you didn't have to do in XP, but it just bugs me that
Vista doesn't recognize it as a "picture file." Why is that? Shouldn't it
just recognize that .png is a picture file and let meuse it however I like?

"JW" wrote:

> Can you load the .png file in PaintShop and then save it is a .BMP or .jpg
> and then use it for your desktop?
>
> "Page" <Page@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B1E39F8F-F21F-49EC-88AC-AC0881A2B8F1@microsoft.com...
> > Yes, you're correct. Windows Explorer and Photo Gallery will do all you
> > say.
> > What I'm talking about is choosing a background for your desktop. A .png
> > file will not display properly, that is, it will not let you frame it with
> > a
> > colored background. In fact, when you browse for a picture for your
> > background and select "All Picture Files" it will not show any .png files
> > at
> > all. If you force the .png file to be the background by right-clicking on
> > it
> > and choosing it to be your background then you do not get to choose any
> > positioning for your picture such as tile, colored framing, etc. This is
> > what I'm trying to fix. Can you help me?
> >
> > "Adam Albright" wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:01:05 -0700, Page
> >> <Page@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I have the same issue, but here's something to consider. I've
> >> >previously
> >> >saved pictures from the web as .png files and saved them as backgrounds
> >> >for
> >> >years with XP. Now, with Vista, I do your suggested workaround it will
> >> >not
> >> >recognize .png files as "picture files" so maybe that has something to
> >> >do
> >> >with it? When I save the same file as a bitmap it works like you said.
> >> >What
> >> >type of files are you working with, and do you think this might be part
> >> >of
> >> >the problem?
> >>
> >> Vista is perfectly capable of understanding and displaying .png files.
> >> I just confirmed it by converting a .jpg to a .png in Photoshop and
> >> both Windows Explorer and Photo Galley open the file and show it find
> >> as both a thumbnail and in full view. It is true you can't "fix" a
> >> ..png from Photo Gallery. Why that's so, you'll have to ask Microsoft.
> >>
> >> For those wondering about .png files, it carries a Alpha channel. This
> >> means that with the right software (Photoshop for example) you can
> >> mask a portion of the image, typically some unwanted background, mark
> >> A color or selected area as transparent then using another application
> >> that supports layers have the Alpha channel blocked out, in effect
> >> letting what's underneath bleed though.
> >>
> >>
>