[Sue]

Ramesh, you've made my day!!! Thank you so much. I finally found the time
to get back to work on this and thanks to you, I can now put my pictures on
the desktop.

The web site you recommended fixed my problem. The first two commands did
not work. It gave a third one to try if the other two failed..........AND IT
WORKED!!!! I've been e-mailing with Microsoft and two of their "techies"
have been unable to help me???

I'm forever grateful.................hope this has also helped others.

Sue
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"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Sue,
>
> Try John's advice first. If that does not help, this might be a Active
> Desktop registration problem. See:
>
> Unable to preview JPG GIF and HTM files in Display Properties dialog:
> http://www.winxptutor.com/noimgpreview.htm
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0BE8B60A-E8DF-496D-BF1C-E9D8D2EC616E@microsoft.com...
> > 2nd reply..............The first time I tried this earlier today, message
> > was
> > that it couldn't find the file. I just now tried it again and message box
> > said "Dll register server in SHMGVW.DLL succeeded." ...........but, I'm
> > still unable to put my photos on the desktop. I shut down and restarted my
> > computer.........still didn't work ?????
> >
> >
> > "John Inzer" wrote:
> >
> >> Try this, maybe it will restore the option:
> >>
> >> go to...Start / Run and type:
> >>
> >> "REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL"
> >> (without the quotes)(Yes, there's
> >> a space between 2 and S)
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> John Inzer
> >> MS Picture It! MVP
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:412BB9EB-F2D1-47D0-A3AE-D99210F76C13@microsoft.com...
> >> >I am unable to put a photo on my desktop that is currently in "My
> >> >Pictures".
> >> > Until a couple of months ago, I had no trouble when I right clicked on
> >> > the
> >> > photo and clicked on "set as desktop background". Have I
> >> > inadvertently
> >> > changed some control that is now not allowing me to do this?
> >> > Also, I can still change the desktop by going into
> >> > "Display"........however,
> >> > when I click on the name of the picture, it does not give me a sample
> >> > of
> >> > what
> >> > it will look like on the desktop. It remains white. Could there be
> >> > some
> >> > correlation between these two situations?
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
>
>

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Sue,

Thanks for taking the time to send your feedback. It's much appreciated!

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CCFBDB81-E403-43B1-AE53-817E47E94018@microsoft.com...
> Ramesh, you've made my day!!! Thank you so much. I finally found the
> time
> to get back to work on this and thanks to you, I can now put my pictures
> on
> the desktop.
>
> The web site you recommended fixed my problem. The first two commands did
> not work. It gave a third one to try if the other two failed..........AND
> IT
> WORKED!!!! I've been e-mailing with Microsoft and two of their "techies"
> have been unable to help me???
>
> I'm forever grateful.................hope this has also helped others.
>
> Sue
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
>> Sue,
>>
>> Try John's advice first. If that does not help, this might be a Active
>> Desktop registration problem. See:
>>
>> Unable to preview JPG GIF and HTM files in Display Properties dialog:
>> http://www.winxptutor.com/noimgpreview.htm
>>
>> --
>> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP Shell/User
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>>
>>
>> "Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0BE8B60A-E8DF-496D-BF1C-E9D8D2EC616E@microsoft.com...
>> > 2nd reply..............The first time I tried this earlier today,
>> > message
>> > was
>> > that it couldn't find the file. I just now tried it again and message
>> > box
>> > said "Dll register server in SHMGVW.DLL succeeded." ...........but,
>> > I'm
>> > still unable to put my photos on the desktop. I shut down and restarted
>> > my
>> > computer.........still didn't work ?????
>> >
>> >
>> > "John Inzer" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Try this, maybe it will restore the option:
>> >>
>> >> go to...Start / Run and type:
>> >>
>> >> "REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL"
>> >> (without the quotes)(Yes, there's
>> >> a space between 2 and S)
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> John Inzer
>> >> MS Picture It! MVP
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Sue" <Sue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:412BB9EB-F2D1-47D0-A3AE-D99210F76C13@microsoft.com...