Personalization File Missing


  1. lmmason
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    Windows 7
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    Personalization File Missing


    When I right click my background; the personalization option has a blank page and won't open. I can't open personalization through the start menu either. I have to open the control panel and try that away; when I press the button to change the background a message pops up saying windows can't find '::{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}\1\::{ED834ED6-4B5A-4BFE-8...|pageWallpaper'.
    Make sure you typed the name correctly.


    It's a dell inspirion 1545; originally with Windows Vista, but turned into Windows 7....About 5 months back I didn't have this issue and I went to change it now and it won't work..

    How do I fix this problem??
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  3. Brink
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Hello Immason, and welcome to Seven Forums. :)

    You might see if going through the tutorial below to add Personalize may be able to restore it.

    Personalize - Add or Remove from Desktop Context Menu

    If not, then you could also do a system restore using a restore point dated before this happened to sort it.
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  4. lmmason
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    Thank you Brink I will try the tutorial first, will the restore make me lose any files? I have a lot of family pictures and stuff that I wouldn't want to lose
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  6. Brink
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    System restore won't affect anything in your user profile folders.

    However, I would always recommend to backup anything that you do not want to lose to be safe.
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