yocoolboi Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 Hi there to all. Recently I had a problem. Usually, when changing a wallpaper, everything should be fast and nifty... and the Wallpaper settings will display out pretty fast when pressed on the "Desktop" tab (under Display Properties). However, when I press on that, it takes about 1 minute to completely load, and the pictures it offers me for my wallpaper are those private photos from "My Pictures!" I would like it to stop this and offer me wallpapers from the "WALLPAPER" folder instead. Can anyone help? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texdragon Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 (edited) Same here, I guess Microsoft just takes the pictures from my pictures..... I'll look into this.... Edit: Wallpapers are in C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper (Window's deafult ones. I'll find a way to get rid of those, give me some time... Delete the pictures (or move to another folder (not under MY PICTURES) to remove from the display list. Cheers :D Edited July 10, 2005 by xX Dr4gon Xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLaren_F1 Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 i think it could be u have too many pics. limit the pics and try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowPHP Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 I'm not too sure about this, But i think Windows has a setting in the registry to make it read from the 'My Pictures' folder too for Wallpapers. I also have this problem, It's extremely annoying. i think it could be u have too many pics. limit the pics and try Im 99.9% sure you are wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt A. Tobin Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 i have the exciact oppisit problem i WANT it to display my pictures pictures any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+unabatedshagie Subscriber¹ Posted July 12, 2005 Subscriber¹ Share Posted July 12, 2005 If you have more than 200-250 ish (can't remember the exact number) pictures in your my pictures folder then they will not show up on the desktop wallpaper list. After a little google search I have found that there is no way (at least that I can find) to stop windows using the my pictures folder. One other small correction, apparently the number of pictures isn't as high as 200+ it's only around 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Computer Guru Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Yeah, its impossible to remove them from the list.. My adivce is to simply make a folder in teh my documents and name it "private pics" and move everything there. j Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLaren_F1 Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 I'm not too sure about this, But i think Windows has a setting in the registry to make it read from the 'My Pictures' folder too for Wallpapers.I also have this problem, It's extremely annoying. i think it could be u have too many pics. limit the pics and try Im 99.9% sure you are wrong. 586194235[/snapback] If you have more than 200-250 ish (can't remember the exact number) pictures in your my pictures folder then they will not show up on the desktop wallpaper list.After a little google search I have found that there is no way (at least that I can find) to stop windows using the my pictures folder. One other small correction, apparently the number of pictures isn't as high as 200+ it's only around 100. :D :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yocoolboi Posted July 13, 2005 Author Share Posted July 13, 2005 hmm... alright then. thanks all for your valuable time in helping me!!! cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 you can change the folder it uses for my pictures in tweakui Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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