ruddervader wrote:
Quote:
> John,
> Well, I am making progress or maybe just muddling the problem. I tried
> your last two suggestions and then went through all my picture folders
> and set the "Views" button to "extra large icons" and made sure the
> "View" on the menu bar was set the same. (I did the file association
> fixes for jpg, jpeg, mpg, bmp, gif, and tif)
> Now I have picture thumbnails in all my picture folders and
> subfolders. All my other folders are set to "Details". So far, so
> good!
> Now when I go to personalize my desktop the browse window shows
> placeholder icons for the images. (Blueish ones for .jpg and orangeish
> ones for .bmp)(See screenshot 2). Now I can set .bmp files as
> background but not .jpg.
> I am grateful for your patience and expertise!
>
>
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What happens if you right click a picture
in one of your folders or in Windows Photo
Gallery and choose... "Set as desktop
background"?
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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience
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