Include sub-folders when adding desktop backgrounds


  1. BionicGear83
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    windows 7 64-bit
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    Include sub-folders when adding desktop backgrounds


    When I add a folder full of background images under the "picture location" of personalization of desktop backgrounds. Why are the sub folders not included?
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  3. WalkerA WinTeam
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    Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) *** Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), OSX 10.6
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    Hi BionicGear83,

    That's just the way Windows 7 does it I'm afraid :/ however, here is a great tutorial for how to create a customized backgrounds library, browseable in the same Personalization window, that may end up being even more useful than what you had originally intended: Neowin.net - How to: Create custom wallpaper collections in Windows 7

    I'm sorry it's not exactly what you wanted, but please let me know if it helps at all...

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    Walker
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  4. BionicGear83
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    I looked at the link and find it quite confusing, I can't find the "known folders" in the registry.

    Furthermore, win7 just adds the folders i had used for testing and doesn't allow me to remove the folders stored under [picture location] of choose desktop background. Isn't win7 kind of user-unfriendly?
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  6. sergiogarcia9
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    It's, sadly, not possible to make the sub folders include with the main folder.
    It might be via some regedit, but i doubt it.
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