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Old 09-11-2007
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How do you get to that?

I have the same stupid problem.....
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it was the wallpaper
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The solution I found was to open regedit, and go to this folder:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\ . Once there, I changed forceactivedesktopon to 0 (in the Explorer subfolder), and deleted the Wallpaper entry (was garbage chars.) in the System subfolder. Not sure which was the fix, but both make sense.
Thanks The subfolder was already set at zero. I deleted the the Wallpaper entry and that did the trick. My email is nduboyce@verizon.net. I am wondering how you found that fix?

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The solution I found was to open regedit, and go to this folder:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVe rsionPolicies . Once there, I changed forceactivedesktopon to 0 (in the Explorer subfolder), and deleted the Wallpaper entry (was garbage chars.) in the System subfolder. Not sure which was the fix, but both make sense.
This is what worked for me

Click Start
Click Run
Type: regedit
Navigate to the following registry entry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\System
"Wallpaper"=SZ:C:\WINDOWS\desktop.html (yours might be slightly different)
Click one time on the entry
Push Delete on the keyboard or delete the r off the end of the word wallpaper if your not brave enough to delete the whole thing eg: wallpape
Click Yes
Close the Registry editor
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Fixed it.
Thanks a million for the tip to fix the problem. I added the forceactivedesktopon string value and deleted the Wallpaper one and it fixed everything. Thank you SO much.
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Guys, read this thread. The solution is there. I did it and it works. Basically go into the registry and delete anything related to "wallpaper" in the folders specified. Good luck.

Solved: Can't change wallpaper - Tech Support Guy Forums
Please ensure that when you post a fix you post a fix about the related topic. It is nice that you are trying but you completely missed the nail on this one!
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Re: Windows Vista Background won't Change
I have the same problem.
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