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by tednyhan 1 view

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This question may seem a little trivial but I am having trouble with a glitch in trying to set my desktop background (on XP). I had a picture there which I had opened using a photoshop program but when the program's trial expired the picture vanished. the option to have a background is now frozen at none. Nothing else is affected. is there any simple way of correcting this problem because its an irritant? Tanx in advance

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by michael jay

Are you now not able to change the wallpaper at all?

Note: Totally ignoring the interposing post.

by tednyhan

I can't change wallpaper at all. The menu is frozen yet this an isolated glitch i.e screensaver options are okay etc.. Is this reparable and if not what caused it? Tanx 4 da response

by tig2

I have had situations where I have used a file that became obsolete due to removing the program. I use a tool called CCleaner to completely wipe all memory of program.

It is amazing the stuff that gets left behind after an uninstall. Go to http://www.ccleaner.com/ and download. Run it for both cleaner and issues. Run it recursively- it only sees the highest level issues and is not itself recursive. When everything is clean, reboot the computer and see if the problem remains.

by bhatnagar_nitin9

Here's a simple solution to this glitch.
On the run command box, press regedit and enter. In the registry editor, locate the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
System

Under this key, you may find one key string: "Wallpaper" which may be either blank or something set by photoshop program.
Delete this key string by pressing del button. Restart your computer and you all set.

by bhatnagar_nitin9

Here's a simple solution to this glitch.
On the run command box, press regedit and enter. In the registry editor, locate the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
System

Under this key, you may find one key string: "Wallpaper" which may be either blank or something set by photoshop program.
Delete this key string by pressing del button. Restart your computer and hopefully you will be all set.

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