Baz Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 I hope someone might know how to remove previously used listed background pictures found in Display Properties under Desktop. My list has got so long that I wish to delete some, but cannot find how to do it. I assume it must be easy but even my computer people could not give me the answer that worked.Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Baz, you'll find them listed in Windows Explorer in the 'C' folder. They are deletable from there but I'm not sure of the total consequences of such an action, so take care before a big sweep.Good luck.Gary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted September 10, 2007 Author Share Posted September 10, 2007 Gary, many thanks for your speedy response. I am always learning but how do I find the "C" folder, the IE help pages do not give me the answers.Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Go into 'All Programs' - 'Accessories' - 'Windows Explorer'- 'My Computer' - 'C (local drive)'- 'Windows'.Then scroll down and you will find them. The ones that come with windows are mostly in 'bitmap' format, but if you have copied stuff it may be in 'gif' or 'jpeg' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted September 10, 2007 Author Share Posted September 10, 2007 Gary, thanks again for your help. After, only finding the ones that come with windows and getting a warning message about removing any files, I decided to live with the problem. Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Where you choose which picture to use as a background, it will show the file names, simply search the Windows folder (or all of drive C:)on one of those and you will be able to delete it and of course find where they all are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Any pictures you put into your My Documents\My Pictures folder also appear in the list of options for the Desktop background so you might like to have a look at that.Also, anything you browse for goes in the list too but I'm not sure where he references to those are kept, in the Registry I would guess, but this is not somewhere you want to be messing for what is after all a trivial thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 [quote user="Baz"]and getting a warning message about removing any files,[/quote]Generally good advice but in many instances (such as this) you'll find that Windows is utterly over protective of the whole Windows folder however, despite dire warnings of doom, plague and pestillence, deleting a simple .bmp file will do no harm whatsoever.An example of this is Notepad: As useful as it might be in no way is it a core Windows file or programme germain to the health of the OS yet go to C:\\Windows\System32 and delete notepad.exe (ignoring warnings) and Windows will immediately replace it from a cache held on the HD, why ??????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted September 12, 2007 Author Share Posted September 12, 2007 Thanks for everyones help. This is not a life or death matter and I am going to leave well alone.Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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