Desktop Background Problems

Hi. I am using Windows 7 Home Premium, and I had recently tried changing my desktop background. It isn't working at all. When I right-click a picture to make it my background, the little window pops up asking about it, but when I click okay it doesn't work. Then when I save a picture and try to make it the background through the personalization screen, it says it saved, but it doesn't change anything. I tried changing themes, but that didn't change anything either.

VailVeix said:

Hi. I am using Windows 7 Home Premium, and I had recently tried changing my desktop background. It isn't working at all. When I right-click a picture to make it my background, the little window pops up asking about it, but when I click okay it doesn't work. Then when I save a picture and try to make it the background through the personalization screen, it says it saved, but it doesn't change anything. I tried changing themes, but that didn't change anything either.

Can we get some system info? IE what version (7600?) was it DL'ed or purchased. what hardware do you have? was it an upgrade or clean install, etc.

Ken

Uber Philf said:

Hello and welcome to the forum!

Have you installed any theme patchers? Universal Theme Patcher, or UXcore?

I don't think so.

zigzag3143 said:

Can we get some system info? IE what version (7600?) was it DL'ed or purchased. what hardware do you have? was it an upgrade or clean install, etc.

Ken

I bought the computer with everything on it like a month ago. And idk what version it has on it.

Brink said:

Hello VailViex, and welcome to Seven Forums.

If this just happened recently, then you might see if doing a system restore using a restore point dated before this problem happened may be able to fix it for you.

If not, then you might double check both of these to make sure this is not prevented or disabled.

Desktop Background - Allow or Prevent Changing

and

Desktop Background - Specify and Prevent Change

Hope this helps,
Shawn

I have already tried a system restore to the farthest point back, and it still doesn't work. I tried the first link and nothing happened. When I tried the second link, there was not a system folder in the policies folder, so I didn't know what to do.

The new account's desktop changes fine, but the original account still doesn't.