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Problem using My Pictures sub-folders as desktop slideshow...
Hi folks,
I've got a problem with the desktop slideshow feature of windows 7 home premium. I know other people have posted similar threads to this, but none (that I could find) with the same issue(s) as me.
The problem is this:
I did a clean install of windows 7 home premium the other day and before applying any windows updates I copied my (pre format) photo collection back into the My Pictures folder, creating 35 sub-folders. Then I personalised the desktop background.
I selected the My Pictures folder and clicked OK. Windows automatically selected the sub-folders and displayed the photos in the box with check marks. At this point the desktop slideshow worked.
Then I updated windows and at some point, the windows desktop slideshow stopped working.
I tried to re-select the My Pictures folder. It now displays "This folder is empty." instead of the previously displayed 35 sub-folder photos.
Windows does this no matter which My Pictures folder I browse to -- by this I mean:
Libraries, C:\User\..... and the User\My Pictures
This feature does work if I only select one (1) folder inside My Pictures, but I don't want to have to choose which folder to get my desktop background from, I want the system to choose one (1) at random from the 35 sub-folders like it did prior to updates being applied.
Please help if possible.