Desktop Backgrounds (wallpaper)

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I know that XP uses MY PICTURES as one of the folders to obtain pictures from, but when I go to select a wallpaper, none of my files (JPG) in MY PICTURES folder are there in the list. I have copied most of my digital photos to another folder so I dont get 100's of pictures on the background list, but a few I have left so I can use them as wallpaper. What am I doing wrong, Thanks.

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Hi Barbara,

Keep in mind that there is a limit to the listings shown. Other than that:
The pictures that show up under display properties, desktop are located in
these folders:

C:\Documents and Settings\user name\My Documents\My Pictures
C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper
C:\Windows\Resources\Themes

Workaround:

Create another folder (under your user profile), remove the pictures from My
Pictures that you don't want listed under Backgrounds and in the My Pictures
folder, create a shortcut to the new folder. Or create subfolders within My
Pictures.

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"Barbara" <Barbara@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F0260BA9-3275-4317-B143-5E556C6244A0@microsoft.com...
>I know that XP uses MY PICTURES as one of the folders to obtain pictures
>from, but when I go to select a wallpaper, none of my files (JPG) in MY
>PICTURES folder are there in the list. I have copied most of my digital
>photos to another folder so I dont get 100's of pictures on the background
>list, but a few I have left so I can use them as wallpaper. What am I doing
>wrong, Thanks.