Vista - Positioning Pictures does not work for My Pictures

I do not know if it is just my computer but for some reason I cannot get my
personal pictures to reposition on the screen. Nothing happens to my desktop
when I click the radio buttons for the "Fit to", "Tile", and "Center"
positions for my pictures. However, if the picture is a windows wallpaper
picture, clicking those buttons will do it's intended purpose. But it
doesn't work for my pictures. Why? I clicked ok to see if that was the
problem and it just returned to the "Personalization" screen. By the way,
the default position for all my non-windows-pictures is center. I would like
to use "Fit to" but it does not work for my picture. This process seems so
simple and self-explanatory, I am 100% sure I am not doing anything wrong.
My final assessment of the issue leads me to conclude that either there is
something wrong with my computer or there is something wrong with Home Vista
Premium. So my questions are: Does anyone else seem to have this problem?
If not, does anyone have any solutions? And does anyone related to Windows
Support know of any solutions if this problem is not unique? Thank you so
much.

Your pictures are probably bigger than your screen so all three options will
look the same.

"Stjb." <Stjb.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:41036FFC-F6B6-43A1-BB18-E9A8C160F761@microsoft.com...
>I do not know if it is just my computer but for some reason I cannot get my
> personal pictures to reposition on the screen. Nothing happens to my
> desktop
> when I click the radio buttons for the "Fit to", "Tile", and "Center"
> positions for my pictures. However, if the picture is a windows wallpaper
> picture, clicking those buttons will do it's intended purpose. But it
> doesn't work for my pictures. Why? I clicked ok to see if that was the
> problem and it just returned to the "Personalization" screen. By the way,
> the default position for all my non-windows-pictures is center. I would
> like
> to use "Fit to" but it does not work for my picture. This process seems
> so
> simple and self-explanatory, I am 100% sure I am not doing anything wrong.
> My final assessment of the issue leads me to conclude that either there is
> something wrong with my computer or there is something wrong with Home
> Vista
> Premium. So my questions are: Does anyone else seem to have this problem?
> If not, does anyone have any solutions? And does anyone related to Windows
> Support know of any solutions if this problem is not unique? Thank you so
> much.

Though I am still seeking a reply, I did discover a cheap fix to my problem
(in case anyone else is having the same problem.

If you are desperate to change the position of your picture and it will not
work from the personalization screen, simply find the folder of your desired
picture, copy the picture, and then paste the picture in the "Sample
Pictures" folder. I am happy to say it worked for me.

*WOAH UPDATE*
It seems like I have isolated the problems source. After choosing a folder
via the Browse button, the folder's pictures open up and I can reposition the
photo I like. The problem seems to be after one selects a picture from
outside the personalization screen (i.e. from the web, from picture gallery,
from the pictures folder) and then enters the personalization screen after
that with hopes of repositioning the foreign borne picture. Well, great, now
I know for certain it is either a bug or it was not intended to work... I
don't know.

*UPDATE AGAIN*
It doesn't seem to be a problem for internet explorer borne backgrounds. I
think the bug has to do with the "Windows Photo Gallery Wallpaper File".
Apparently, that file and the "Personalization" screen do not get along too
well.

Well, wow. It seems like I can provide myself with technical support, why
pay? Anyhow, I better stop before I actually find a real solution to the
core problem and steal Microsoft's glory. However, if any Microsoft Vista
developer reads this post, please consider if this merits a fix. Thank you
very much.

Reply to:
> Your pictures are probably bigger than your screen so all three options will
> look the same.

Hey, thanks so much for replying, I apreciate it alot.

That is definetly a good observation. However, I was writing a relply to my
own question (silly me, what's wrong with me?) when I was notified of a post.
And when I figured out how to get around the problem - as the problem is
still not solved - its interesting to note that the picture in question did
noticeably change when the radio buttons worked.

The solution I found, by the way, involved copying the picture in question
to the "Sample Pictures" folder and then adjusting it there. Then after
that, a much easier solution I figured out would be opening up a picture via
the browse button in the "Personalization" screen. Then it is no problem for
Vista. But the thing about those solutions is that they just avoid the
problem, not fix it. The real problem, that needs to be fixed, not avoided,
is that the the Personalization screen will not let me repostion the the
"Windows Photo Gallery Wallpaper" file it seems. And then again, its
happening on my computer.

If this problem is not unique to me, then it should occur on your system
too. To find out, just set a picture in your own pictures folder (it could
even be a sample pictures picture because it is not the folder, it is the
file thats the problem) and then after that, right-click the desktop, click
Personalize, click Desktop Background, and then try repositioning the photo
to see if anything happens. If you try it, please let me know if you get the
same problem as me. Thanks alot.

Once again, thanks so much for replying to my post!

Regards,

Stjb.