laurentio
4th November 2008, 05:52 PM
Case 1:
I noticed I had some disk errors on my HDD, so I ran chkdsk last night which corrected the problems. However, after reboot my desktop wallpaper no longer is displaying on the machine.
If I navigate to the wallpaper selection options under Personalization, I can browse and 'select' a new picture. However, nothing shows up on my actual desktop - just plain black background. Everything else about the machine is operating normally, including the sidebar.
I think there may have been a registry setting that is preventing the wallpaper from displaying, but I can't locate any threads that discuss how to resolve this or where to look. Note, I do not have any policy settings regarding the wallpaper on this machine.
OS is Vista Ultimate.
Case 2:
i am having the same problem on vista premium 32 bit.
the background just disappeared, and i can go to change it, but even in the preview thumbnail, no picture shows up. i can still change my desktop background color without problem, images just will not show up.
i suspect a registry entry as well, but have no idea how to locate the right one to change/modify/delete...
is my problem the same as yours? no preview thumbnail?
Case 3:
It sounds like we all have the same symptoms. Mine started after noticing some disk errors, so I ran scndsk to correct the bad clusters on the HDD. Something in that process resulted in the strange behavior.
I got no where with MSFT support (via my MSDN account), so I just formatted the disk and reinstalled Vista from scratch. Works perfect now! ;-)
Not exactly the solution you were looking for though.
SOLUTION?
Desktop Hijack Fix
This tool can be used to fix most problems in which your normal background is not displayed. Usually in the backgrounds place there is another image or website which has hijacked the desktop. You can use Desktop Hijack fix to restore default settings for your desktop and remove any changes that had been made. You can also use this tool to remove policy restrictions associated with malware. Version 1.2 adds more policy removal features, improved background restore functionality, OS detection, and compatibility.
Download and more info here (http://www.rhythmengineering.com/desktophijackfix.htm)
I noticed I had some disk errors on my HDD, so I ran chkdsk last night which corrected the problems. However, after reboot my desktop wallpaper no longer is displaying on the machine.
If I navigate to the wallpaper selection options under Personalization, I can browse and 'select' a new picture. However, nothing shows up on my actual desktop - just plain black background. Everything else about the machine is operating normally, including the sidebar.
I think there may have been a registry setting that is preventing the wallpaper from displaying, but I can't locate any threads that discuss how to resolve this or where to look. Note, I do not have any policy settings regarding the wallpaper on this machine.
OS is Vista Ultimate.
Case 2:
i am having the same problem on vista premium 32 bit.
the background just disappeared, and i can go to change it, but even in the preview thumbnail, no picture shows up. i can still change my desktop background color without problem, images just will not show up.
i suspect a registry entry as well, but have no idea how to locate the right one to change/modify/delete...
is my problem the same as yours? no preview thumbnail?
Case 3:
It sounds like we all have the same symptoms. Mine started after noticing some disk errors, so I ran scndsk to correct the bad clusters on the HDD. Something in that process resulted in the strange behavior.
I got no where with MSFT support (via my MSDN account), so I just formatted the disk and reinstalled Vista from scratch. Works perfect now! ;-)
Not exactly the solution you were looking for though.
SOLUTION?
Desktop Hijack Fix
This tool can be used to fix most problems in which your normal background is not displayed. Usually in the backgrounds place there is another image or website which has hijacked the desktop. You can use Desktop Hijack fix to restore default settings for your desktop and remove any changes that had been made. You can also use this tool to remove policy restrictions associated with malware. Version 1.2 adds more policy removal features, improved background restore functionality, OS detection, and compatibility.
Download and more info here (http://www.rhythmengineering.com/desktophijackfix.htm)