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Window blinds wont let me change wallpapers in xp

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Window blinds wont let me change wallpapers in xp

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im trying to uninstall windowblinds but i cant change wallpapers in the display poperties in xp. is there a way to fix this before i uninstall WB5?
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Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Can you apply Bliss by going to the "C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper" folder > right-click the Bliss file > select "Set as Desktop Background"?
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Reply #28 from Stardock Forums Top
wont take the change and i just noticed that the theme is set as modifed theme, even though its supposed to be windows xp theme....
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Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The "modified theme" is set if the Bliss wallpaper does not apply with the default blue "Luna" theme.

I am running out of ideas that would not be experiments at this point.

I would say you have a few options:

1 - Unload WB > uninstall WB > reboot > delete any leftover WindowBlinds folder in the Program Files directory > see if you can apply a wallpaper. If this fails, reinstall WindowBlinds (you will be no worse off) and see if this somehow clears the issue.

2 - Wait for someone like "Neil Banfield" to drop by who is a WB developer. He should be able to rule out (or identify) an issue with WB. I would be surprised if WB is the faulty party, but it may be so.

3 - Go to a site like Major Geeks, or similar, where you can download and post a "Hijack this" report to identify any possible issues that slipped by your security software.

4 - Search via Google for "Can't apply wallpaper" or similar, to see what other solutions are available.

5 - Hope 'yraq' drops by and helps. He is far more advanced in troubleshooting this stuff than I am.

Sorry I could not help you sort it.

Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Download and save Cleandesktop to your computer from this link: http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/files/cleandesktop.exe and double click on the cleandesktop.exe

It will automatically extract to c:\desktopclean where it needs to be to run and will automatically run the cleandesktop.vbs script

If it doesn't open then go to c:\desktopclean and double click on the cleandesktop.vbs.

If you have script blocking enabled you will get a warning about a malicious script wanting to run. Allow this script to run. It is not malicious.

If you get a message when you first run it "Can not find script file *.*" just double click the cleandesktop.vbs script again.

It will then kill Explorer. You will lose your taskbar and desktop. It will repair the registry entries returning your normal desktop and context menu functions.

It will restart Explorer.
Reply #32 from Stardock Forums Top
sweet yrag that work great, and thanks Corky_o and Bichur. ill admit im not a software person but hardware kneels before me, anyway thanks a million.
Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top

yraq to the rescue!

Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Corky, you do know that Gary was watching this thread waiting for it to become critical before he stepped in as the "hero".

Evil, evil Gary.

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