Hi, I'm on Win XP Pro and I have found that when I browse for my own photo
to use for desktop wallpaper, it works fine but when I leave and come back
to check the list of wallpaper jpegs available, Windows does not always keep
my photo in the list. (Sometimes it does but I can't tell any logic behind
why)

So I've learned that the actual path to these windows wallpaper jpegs is
C:\WINDOWS\Wallpaper\Web

I have thus copied many of my own Jpegs photos into that folder so that they
"stay put" and I can now access them like the other standard wallpaper
choices.

So my main question is this: Is this dangerous? Am I dangerously tampering
with Windows to do this ? My files are all Jpegs, just like the standard
choices already available.

I just want to make sure - since maybe Windows has a size limit on that
folder or something. I appreciate any advice or assurance. Many Thanks,
Frank

Brightbelt wrote:
> Hi, I'm on Win XP Pro and I have found that when I browse for my own photo
> to use for desktop wallpaper, it works fine but when I leave and come back
> to check the list of wallpaper jpegs available, Windows does not always
> keep my photo in the list. (Sometimes it does but I can't tell any logic
> behind why)
>
> So I've learned that the actual path to these windows wallpaper jpegs is
> C:\WINDOWS\Wallpaper\Web
>
> I have thus copied many of my own Jpegs photos into that folder so that
> they "stay put" and I can now access them like the other standard
> wallpaper choices.
>
> So my main question is this: Is this dangerous? Am I dangerously tampering
> with Windows to do this ? My files are all Jpegs, just like the standard
> choices already available.
>
> I just want to make sure - since maybe Windows has a size limit on that
> folder or something. I appreciate any advice or assurance. Many Thanks,
> Frank

No risk at all. You can also put them in your My Documents\My Pictures
folder and they will show up in the list of available wallpaper for your
desktop.
--
Tom Porterfield

Thanks Tom !! I appreciate your attending to this question. Many Thanks,
Frank


"Tom Porterfield" <tpporter@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Brightbelt wrote:
>> Hi, I'm on Win XP Pro and I have found that when I browse for my own
>> photo
>> to use for desktop wallpaper, it works fine but when I leave and come
>> back
>> to check the list of wallpaper jpegs available, Windows does not always
>> keep my photo in the list. (Sometimes it does but I can't tell any logic
>> behind why)
>>
>> So I've learned that the actual path to these windows wallpaper jpegs is
>> C:\WINDOWS\Wallpaper\Web
>>
>> I have thus copied many of my own Jpegs photos into that folder so that
>> they "stay put" and I can now access them like the other standard
>> wallpaper choices.
>>
>> So my main question is this: Is this dangerous? Am I dangerously
>> tampering
>> with Windows to do this ? My files are all Jpegs, just like the standard
>> choices already available.
>>
>> I just want to make sure - since maybe Windows has a size limit on that
>> folder or something. I appreciate any advice or assurance. Many Thanks,
>> Frank
>
> No risk at all. You can also put them in your My Documents\My Pictures
> folder and they will show up in the list of available wallpaper for your
> desktop.
> --
> Tom Porterfield