> After a bit of research I've found that C:\windows\web\wallpapers should
> be the location for wallpaper selection when you try to edit your
> desktop. Per the registry entry for 'wallpaperdir'. But for the life
> of me, I also get 'my pictures' images showing up in the selection.
>
> I store my pictures in 'my pictures'. Who would guess! And I really
> don't want them as wallpapers.
>
> Am I missing something? Is there a way to force Windows to pick from
> just the specified folder only?

> Hi Big_Al,
>
> Sorry, no solution -- just support. I've got over 46,000 pics in nearly
> 3,500 folders in My Pictures so when I click on Desktop in Display
> Properties, it takes a LLOONNGG time for Windows to populate the drop-down
> list. So long that the first time that happened, I thought the Display
> Properties app had frozen. I had time to look in this forum and MS KB before
> it came back. It would, indeed, be nice to be able to exclude My Pictures
> from that list.
>
> "Big_Al" wrote:
>

>> After a bit of research I've found that C:\windows\web\wallpapers should
>> be the location for wallpaper selection when you try to edit your
>> desktop. Per the registry entry for 'wallpaperdir'. But for the life
>> of me, I also get 'my pictures' images showing up in the selection.
>>
>> I store my pictures in 'my pictures'. Who would guess! And I really
>> don't want them as wallpapers. ...