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Group: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize · Group Profile
Author: HEMI-PoweredHEMI-Powered Date: Nov 5, 2007 10:23
=?Utf-8?B?UmF5ZGFy?= added these comments in the current
discussion du jour ...
> I suppose there's no reason I couldn't resort to one of those
> . . . it just seems that might be a little overkill-ish since
> I don't want to cycle through my 10 favorite images, etc., but
> just to turn wallpaper off and then back on again.
>
> Reason being that my machine here at work developed an
> apparently unresolvable wallpaper disappearance malfunction
> (per my earlier post "wallpaper disappears after login" in the
> XP General Questions section of this forum) and I'm now just
> trying to put a band-aid on the problem since (1) it's too
> insignificant an issue for my IT dep't to devote time to and
> (2) I can't reinstall or use a system restore point because
> it's a work computer.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion--I might wind up going with that!
>
Depends on how many graphics files you want to cycle through and
what cycle time(s) you want. Try the MS XP Wallpaper Changer. I
found it someplace on MS's web site, but lost the link or I'd
post it for you. I'm sure a quickie Google would find it, though.
Good luck!
>
> "Leonard Grey" wrote:
>
>> There are many 'wallpaper switcher' utilities available on
>> the web which may offer the functionality you need.
>>
>> ---
>> Leonard Grey
>> Errare humanum est
>>
>> Raydar wrote:
>>> Can anyone point me to a how-to on changing desktop
>>> wallpaper via a command-line instruction, or ActveX script,
>>> etc.?
>>>
>>> I'd like to be able to run two such commands or scripts:
>>> 1. set wallpaper to "none"
>>> 2. set wallpaper to an image file specified in the script
>>> (no need for a chooser dialog)
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help!
>>>
>>> --Ray
>>
>
--
HP, aka Jerry
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