Reminiscent of an IconCache problem.

Right click, an Command Prompt shortcut, 'run as administrator'
shutdown Explorer in Task Manager
At the prompt, go to C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local
atrib -h IconCache.db
del IconCache.db
start explorer
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"Catti" <Catti@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When I booted my Vista Business laptop this morning the wallpaper had gone
> black. I used to use a pic from my Pictures folder as my background. Now I
> can no longer access picture files or thumbnails through the Desktop
> Background applet in Control Panel. When I try to browse to the Pictures
> folder it appears empty. When I mouse over the contents, I get blank
> transparent boxes with the picture names, instead of thumbnails. If I try
> to
> use a Windows background picture, the thumbnails there are pixellated
> generic
> icons. The only background I can set is Solid Colour. I can change colours
> but that's it. There's no error message when I try to change my wallpaper.
> My
> user account is an Administrator (both domain and local) and I don't use
> screen savers. I've already tried the following suggestions from this
> board
> (rebooted after each step):
> - Checked Group Policy settings, made sure all items under User
> Configuration\Admin. templates\Desktop\Desktop are set to "not configured"
> - Checked Ease of Use settings, backgrounds are NOT disabled
> - Downloaded and "merged" the "wallpaper enable" reg file from Winhelp
> - Downloaded/ran KB Hotfix 934008
> - Tried steps in Vista Tutorial on disabling/enabling desktop changes,
> including other links to reg hacks (none of which worked).
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks,[/color]