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Paul   09-04-2004 at 05:04:29 PM

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As of today the Display tab in Desktop Properties no
longer works and so won't display wallpaper settings
etc. All the other tabs work fine.

I have restored Windows XP back a couple of days when I
know it did work but that has had no effect. I can't
find a Knowledge Base article that would seem to solve it
either. Has anyone any ideas on how I can fix this?
What file may be affected/corrupted etc.

Many Thanks

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Anonymous   09-04-2004 at 11:58:18 PM
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Hi Paul,

If the "desktop" tab in the Display Properties dialog box is missing, you may download and run this edit:

Restore desktop and screensaver tabs (line 128, right side)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

--

Anando
Microsoft MVP- Windows Shell/User
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http://www.mvps.org

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"Paul" <paul@paulsworld.co.uk> wrote in message news:607301c492a9$9fa1b5c0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> As of today the Display tab in Desktop Properties no
> longer works and so won't display wallpaper settings
> etc. All the other tabs work fine.
>
> I have restored Windows XP back a couple of days when I
> know it did work but that has had no effect. I can't
> find a Knowledge Base article that would seem to solve it
> either. Has anyone any ideas on how I can fix this?
> What file may be affected/corrupted etc.
>
> Many Thanks

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Paul   09-04-2004 at 11:58:19 PM
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Thanks for that.

I should have said what was happening. The display tab
is still there and visible. When you click on the
Display tab there is no response - it doesn't even show
you the wallpaper options etc, the Display Properties
window just hangs and stops responding. However all the
other tabs work fine.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Paul,
>
>If the "desktop" tab in the Display Properties dialog
box is missing, you may download and run this edit:
>
>Restore desktop and screensaver tabs (line 128, right
side)
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
>--
>
>Anando
>Microsoft MVP- Windows Shell/User
>http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
>http://www.mvps.org
>
>Folder customizations
>http://newdelhi.sancharnet.in/minku
>
>Protect your PC!
>http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
>
>"Paul" <paul@paulsworld.co.uk> wrote in message
news:607301c492a9$9fa1b5c0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> As of today the Display tab in Desktop Properties no
>> longer works and so won't display wallpaper settings
>> etc. All the other tabs work fine.
>>
>> I have restored Windows XP back a couple of days when I
>> know it did work but that has had no effect. I can't
>> find a Knowledge Base article that would seem to solve
it
>> either. Has anyone any ideas on how I can fix this?
>> What file may be affected/corrupted etc.
>>
>> Many Thanks
>
>
>.
>

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Anonymous   09-05-2004 at 02:09:10 AM
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Hi Paul,

Do you have any third-party skinning/theme software installed ? If so, you may try to uninstall them and try again.
Nothing else comes to my mind at this time.

--

Anando
Microsoft MVP- Windows Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
http://www.mvps.org

Folder customizations
http://newdelhi.sancharnet.in/minku

Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


"Paul" <paul@paulsworld.co.uk> wrote in message news:013a01c492c4$7f33e810$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks for that.
>
> I should have said what was happening. The display tab
> is still there and visible. When you click on the
> Display tab there is no response - it doesn't even show
> you the wallpaper options etc, the Display Properties
> window just hangs and stops responding. However all the
> other tabs work fine.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi Paul,
>>
>>If the "desktop" tab in the Display Properties dialog
> box is missing, you may download and run this edit:
>>
>>Restore desktop and screensaver tabs (line 128, right
> side)
>>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>>
>>--
>>
>>Anando
>>Microsoft MVP- Windows Shell/User
>>http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
>>http://www.mvps.org
>>
>>Folder customizations
>>http://newdelhi.sancharnet.in/minku
>>
>>Protect your PC!
>>http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>>
>>
>>"Paul" <paul@paulsworld.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:607301c492a9$9fa1b5c0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>> As of today the Display tab in Desktop Properties no
>>> longer works and so won't display wallpaper settings
>>> etc. All the other tabs work fine.
>>>
>>> I have restored Windows XP back a couple of days when I
>>> know it did work but that has had no effect. I can't
>>> find a Knowledge Base article that would seem to solve
> it
>>> either. Has anyone any ideas on how I can fix this?
>>> What file may be affected/corrupted etc.
>>>
>>> Many Thanks
>>
>>
>>.
>>

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TLSabados   01-31-2009 at 02:03:03 PM
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Kelly,

When I go to desktop (Win XP Home) and right click to get properties all the tabs work EXCEPT Desktop.
When I click on it, it just freezes and a "not responding" comes up.

I have tried to use the link for the reg file, #128 right side, but when I click on it only text comes up and no link to download it.

I restored the computer back 5 days when I knew it was working but that didn’t help.

Note: When this first happened in the Desktop box instead of showing the wallpaper pictures it briefly had a list of everything on my computer, My Documents, ........ then it froze.

Thanks in advance - Terri

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