Dumb Question...

[fkdup74]

ok, heres my dilemna...i got all these extra pics in my desktop, apparently left there from viewing em in 'windows picture and fax viewer' or photoshop, and i dont need em there, but i cant seem to find a way to get rid of em (items in desktop wont right-click for options) i looked through all i could think of for a setting thats tellin my comp to send pics to desktop, but cant find it......
am i overlooking something? (probably somethin thats a no-brainer?)

[pol]

i've never heard of that happening myself, are they thumbnails or full pics ? and are you the admin of the computer ? is it just these files you cant right click ?

[fkdup74]

pretty much yeah to all....i'm admin, only these files wont right click....
theyre in: control panel>display>desktop
these files werent there before, theyre pics i d/l'd off web, sent em to 'my pictures', not desktp.....cant remember em bein in desktop til i viewed em, but wether it was p&f viewer or photoshop i dont remember

[pol]

theyre in: control panel>display>desktop

do you mean they're ending up as your desktop wallpaper ?

[fkdup74]

thyere in the list for my desktop wallpaper, theyre not automatically replacing my wallpaper or nothin unless i tell it to, theyre just there withuot my tellin em to be there.......

[pol]

Originally posted by FKDUP74@18 October 2003 - 19:39
thyere in the list for my desktop wallpaper, theyre not automatically replacing my wallpaper or nothin unless i tell it to, theyre just there withuot my tellin em to be there.......

for some reason, they might be getting saved here (xp) -

C:\Documents and Settings\-your name-\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft

have a look there and if they are there, then delete them then check the list again - i'm pretty sure it wont be 'picture and fax viewer' and i dont think it would be photoshop either, any other image editor/software you've been using ?

[fkdup74]

still got paintshop 7, but never viewed these pics in paintshop, gonna check out the files you mentioned and see......
er...its paintshop pro 8, not 7

[fkdup74]

er...ok....in C:\documents and settings all i got is administrator, owner, and all users and no local settings folder in any of em....did a search on 'local settings' and it gave me results on a few folders that arent there

[pol]

Originally posted by FKDUP74@18 October 2003 - 20:09
er...ok....in C:\documents and settings all i got is administrator, owner, and all users and no local settings folder in any of em....did a search on 'local settings' and it gave me results on a few folders that arent there

that folder's a hidden one - open a folder, click the 'tools' menu > folder options > tick the box "show hidden files" - that will let you see the 'local settings' folder

[sparsely]

all pics in your My Pictures folder appear in the Display > Desktop panel by default.
If you don't want them to show up in that dialog, move them to another folder.