The wallpaper on my desktop is unavailable - in the control panel settings it will not even let me access the options for wallpaper- it's just a dead box. But if I have to restart the computer, I see the wallpaper just before it shuts down - HELP!!!!

Has this something to do with ConfigMgr? If not: please post your question to a Windows 7 (?) forum. Thanks.Torsten Meringer | http://www.mssccmfaq.de

Hi, Firstly, you need to verify if your computer is joined to a domain, if it is the case, changing the desktop background may be disabled in Group Policy by your IT administrator. Otherwise, if it is a none domain joined computer, please follow the steps to change your desktop background (wallpaper). Please check this issue in Clean Boot. If the issue persists, take the following steps to change the wallpaper: 1) Rename a picture using the name: TranscodedWallpaper. Please note: the picture should be .jpg format. 2) Locate the folder: %systemdrive%\users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes 3) Copy the renamed picture to replace the TranscodedWallpaper.jpg. 4) Right click the Taskbar and click Start Task Manager. 5) Highlight Processes and click explorer.exe. 6) Click End Process. 7) Click File==>New Task(Run)==>Type: explorer.exe==>hint Enter. See if the Wallpaper is changed. If the Wallpaper is changed, the issue is related to Control Panel trigger. You may need to run Startup Repair to fix the issue. Otherwise, if the Wallpaper isn't changed neither, the related registry may be corrupted or missing. Before you modify the registry, please make a backup for your registry first, you can refer to the following link: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Back-up-the-registry After that, please launch the Register to navigate to the following entry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop Find if there is an entry named: Wallpaper. If not, you can manually create an entry named Wallpaper using String Value type. For more information, please refer to the following link: Windows 7 Enterprise - Can't change background image, only set as solid color Regards, Sabrina This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights. |Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.