| Windows 7: Desktop background??? |
27 Dec 2011
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#1 | | Windows 7 Professional, SP1 |
Desktop background??? Could someone please show me in which folder the desktop backgrounds (or themes) reside in? If you could please show me the path i.e. c/windows......Thanks | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Professional, SP1 Memory 1.25GB |
27 Dec 2011
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#2 | | Win 7 Home Premium 64bit Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601 - SP1 Central Pa. |
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Personalization or right click on the desktop down at the bottom. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway DX4831e (Mid-Tower Desktop) OS Win 7 Home Premium 64bit Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601 - SP1 CPU Intel i3 530 2.93GHz, 2933MHz 2 Cores 4 Logical Processors Motherboard Gateway H57M01 133 megahertz Memory 6GB of 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM Graphics Card 32MB Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD IGChip Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Gateway HX2000 20inch TFT active matrix TN Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 x 59 hertz Keyboard MS 'Natural' Standard PS/2 Enhanced 101-102 Key Mouse Gateway USB wired optical PSU 300watts. Case Mid-Tower Desktop Cooling Stock from Gateway Hard Drives WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0 [HDD] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 0,
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27 Dec 2011
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#3 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 New Jersey |
C:, Windows, Resources, Themes | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built by Me ! OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 CPU Intel Core i5 3570k @ 4.0 GHz Motherboard MSI Z77A-G45 Memory 16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600 MHz 10-10-10-27 Graphics Card MSI GTX660 Twin Frozr3 OC Sound Card Realtek HD Monitor(s) Displays Dell 19" HP 23" Sony Bravia 40" Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Fellowes KWD 855 Mouse Microsoft Wireless PSU Corsair HX750 80+Gold Case Corsair Vengeance Series C70 Gun Metal Black Cooling Cooler Master Hyper N520, Arctic Alumina Thermal Compound Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 4 119GB SSD
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27 Dec 2011
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#4 | | Windows 7 Pro 64 SP1 East Bay Area, CA |

Quote: Originally Posted by titi2 Could someone please show me in which folder the desktop backgrounds (or themes) reside in? If you could please show me the path i.e. c/windows......Thanks Here you go,
C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper
Themes,
C:\Windows\Resources\Themes
Installed themes are in,
C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes
Appdata is a hidden folder, Hidden Files and Folders - Show or Hide | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Compaq sr5410f case OS Windows 7 Pro 64 SP1 CPU AMD X2 4450E @ 2.3 ghz Motherboard Biostar MCP6P M2+ Memory 4.0 g Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT , 512mb Sound Card onboard Monitor(s) Displays auria eq2367 Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard logitech wave cordless Mouse logitech LX8 cordless laser mouse PSU 250 watts Case Compaq Cooling couple fans Hard Drives 1 tb Hitachi HDT721010SLA scsi, 500 gb external Internet Speed comcast hi speed 19 dn 8 up Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials Browser IE10 Other Info Laptop specs: HP g7-1365dx /
CPU: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics /
RAM: Crucial 8Gb (2x4Gb) /
SSD: Crucial M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device/ FW 000F /
GFX: AMD Radeon HD 6520G /
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 |
27 Dec 2011
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#5 | | 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
Hello Titi, For themes: Theme - Change or Save  Note My Themes is your current theme. These .theme files are located in the hidden C:\Users\User-Name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes folder. Aero Themes are the Windows Aero themes. They are located in the C:\Windows\Resources\Themes folder. Basic and High Contrast Themes are the Windows 7 Basic, Windows Classic, High Contrast #1, High Contrast #2, High Contrast Black, and High Contrast White themes. They are located in the C:\Windows\Resources\Ease of Access Themes folder. Regional Themes - See: Themes - Regional For desktop backgrounds: Desktop Background - Change  Note C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper
and
To select another regional wallpaper in steps 3 and 4 below: - Unhide the Windows 7 System and Protected Operating System files.NOTE: This will be steps 2 and 4 at that link.
- Browse to C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT.
- Open a MCT-(AU, CA, GB, US, or ZA) folder for the regional wallpaper that you want.
NOTE: AU (Australia), CA (Canada), GB (United Kingdom), US (United States), and ZA (South Africa). - Open the folder with the name (ex: Australia) for the region area.
NOTE: Once you have browsed to the selected regional wallpaper location, it will be listed in the Picture location drop down menu to select from next time. - Select the wallpaper in step 4 below.
Hide the Windows 7 System and Protected Operating System files. NOTE: This will be steps 3 and 5 at that link.
Hope this helps,
Shawn | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz) Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11 Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition Cooling Corsair Hydro H100 Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
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27 Dec 2011
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#6 | | Win 7 Home Premium 64bit Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601 - SP1 Central Pa. |
My bad.  Folders not the same as location in CPL | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway DX4831e (Mid-Tower Desktop) OS Win 7 Home Premium 64bit Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601 - SP1 CPU Intel i3 530 2.93GHz, 2933MHz 2 Cores 4 Logical Processors Motherboard Gateway H57M01 133 megahertz Memory 6GB of 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM Graphics Card 32MB Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD IGChip Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Gateway HX2000 20inch TFT active matrix TN Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 x 59 hertz Keyboard MS 'Natural' Standard PS/2 Enhanced 101-102 Key Mouse Gateway USB wired optical PSU 300watts. Case Mid-Tower Desktop Cooling Stock from Gateway Hard Drives WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0 [HDD] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 0,
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH41N [CD-ROM dr]
HP Photosmart Plus B210a e_series AIO Printer
Four card readers, and Four USB 2.0 Internet Speed Verizon FIOS 24.57Mbps Down - 5.68Mbps up Antivirus MSE Browser IE9.0.8112.16421-Upd ver 9.0.13, FireFox 19.2, Opera 12.14 Other Info BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P01-A0 11/17/2009
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Join Date March 27th 2010 at 10:44:15 AM. |
27 Dec 2011
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#7 | | Windows 7 Professional, SP1 |

Quote: Originally Posted by AddRAM C:, Windows, Resources, Themes That certainly helps a lot. Thanks. Happy Holidays! | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Professional, SP1 Memory 1.25GB Desktop background??? problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:05 AM. | |