Friend Emailed me a problem for help.He is running XP Home .For years he has had a picture of the place, in Hawaii, he was born in as his wallpaper.The relative who installed it has passed on.He would like to make a print of the photo but can only find it as his wallpaper (No where else on his computer !)Is there a way to print or copy and print the wallpaper? TIA.

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Open My Computer > Click Tools > Folder Options > Click On the View Tab at the top > Tick "Show Hidden Files and Folders" > Click Apply > Click OK


Then navigate to here:

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft



In that folder you should see a Wallpaper1 file. This is your wallpaper.

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Thank you,I will Email the message to him.He sometimes acts like his computer is a "ticking time bomb".I will see him in a month or two when I go up to visit my daughter and if he has not tried it yet,I will try it WITH him.Thanks again!,John

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Reply back and let us know how it turned out!

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Will Do !!

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Sent instructions to my friend.I then decided to try them on my computer.I did not get my long time use and present wallpaper but a stock Microsoft one that I never recall ever using.Any suggestions ??

81 Newbee

When I go to Control Panel/Display/Display Properties/Desktop, I get my current wallpaper as the visual and last on a list of the stock ones that are available.It is named Easyshare Wallpaper.The name comes from the fact that it was an unnamed kodak picture when I made it my wallpaper.No way I could find to print it from there.Any suggestions?

81 Newbee

Search the registry for "Easyshare Wallpaper", maybe you'll find a file name or url.

I tried just a regular search for for the file "easyshare wallpaper"
And the file was found.Of course it was in one of my photo collections.
I am hoping I can find the name of his by going to his display and find the name for his and searching all his computer.I emailed him before replying to this and he has a problem finding even the display.I emailed my daughter and she will stop over at his place in a couple of weeks to help.He is stubborn and, as I said, afraid of his computer so it may take some doing.In any event I will keep you posted.
I may use this as an excuse(not that I really need one) for an early visit to my daughter and 2 grandaughters in Carson City.

81 Newbee

The picture is probably just a .jpg or .bmp. It can be stored most anywhere on the computer. I have some wallpaper pictures in a folder in my pictures file and have even stored them in my documents. When you change your desktop there is a browse button that lets you search for the picture. If it is on his desktop it is somewhere on his hard drive. He just has to find it and then he can print it.

Les

Thanks Les.Mine was in a coral print house file.He has a habit of deleteing many things if he can't figure them out.Last time I was there he had a website full of pictures that relatives in Hawaii had sent him .He said he could not figure how to open it and asked me to delete it .I opened it instead,and set it up as a slideshow.He and his wife were thrilled.I showed him how to print them and he was busy doing so.He's a nice guy and a few years younger than I but is short on patience with any thing that he is the least bit hazy on.I have only known him for a few years but we have become friends.Most of my friends ,in my age class have gone from this earth, but I have aquired many younger ones.I have tried to get him to join here but he refuses.Too bad because he, like I did, could find a great second family here.When,if he can't do it for himself, I print his picture for him ,I will tell him PCQandA did it

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There is also a program called print screen. If he can hide the ICONS on the desktop, he can print the wallpaper picture.

ed

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Thanks Ed,I had him try that before I asked here but he says it did not work.I have copied my desktop that way but he says he can't make it happen.I suspect it will still be a problem until I visit my daughter and head over to his place.In the meantime I will try all on my machine until I find something that works .Hi has a windows XP machine that was used by a relative for a business and he thinks it may have been "altered for the business".Thanks for all the suggestions .I will keep testing and hope that what works here will work there,

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Use this small program to quickly hide all the icons, then press the "Prt Scr" button to print your screen.


Then use Paint to save it.

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Good point! Some little things are so easily overlooked!


The program has been highly regarded here in the past by many users which is why I recommended it.

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Thanks Chewy.I was aware of the hide capability as I had used it before.Thanks to you, ablib and all I have enough capabilties to hopefully let him print his desktop or print it for him .I will report back on his progress.Thanks to all!!

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Thanks, Chewy, got your email. Thank you very much. I used to have a program called Print Screen put out by JASC (I think). I used it in Win98 and Win2K. Since XP is new to me, I didn't realize it already had this option. Don't know why I waited so long to go to XP, I like it. I'm still waiting on VISTA though, as it will take some hardware upgrades to take advanted of AERO.

ed

  

Have him check this key in the Windows Registry:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\LastTheme

C:\> REG QUERY HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\LastTheme

! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\LastTheme
    Wallpaper   REG_EXPAND_SZ   %SystemDrive%\My Documents\Moon_Hypersaturated.jpg

    ThemeFile   REG_EXPAND_SZ
    DisplayName of Modified     REG_SZ  Modified Theme

Thanks Rube,It would be like talking GREEK to him,If it winds up that I end up doing it when I visit him the imformation you provided can be a big help.With his penchant for deleteing anything he is "fuzzy" about,I hope he hasn't eliminated anything important Thanks much !

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My daughter was down in our City on business and stopped in to visit us for an hour .I told her about my friend and his desire to print the picture on his desktop.She said she wouls stop at his place when she went back home.
She called me today and he now has his picture. here's how it went:
Right clicked on desk top and set to hide icons
Press "print screen"key
Open "paint" and click "paste"
Then click "print"(Can edit if you need or want before printing)
He is a happy guy and says he will ask before hitting "delete" from now on. Thanks to all here !

81 Newbee

Glad you finally got it worked out!

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If you can just get him to visit here one time, he will be hooked by all the useful information he finds here.

ed

  

I have recommended this site to many people .Most love it and have thanked me for doing so.I showed this guy what it looked like and he said it was OK but that "he could not understand most of it"
I told him he would if he started reading it.He is still afraid(my word) of his computer.It was a major discovery for him when I showed him how to bookmark a site.When I visited him a couple of weeks after that, it was his only "bookmark" .He explained that he thought he might mess up his computer if he did more.He ,for the most part, just does basic Email.I was surprised when he wanted to print his Wallpaper.He is a real nice guy but the computer is not his cup of tea.

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Well, at least he knows where to go if he ever needs help again. Shouldn't be hard to find the bookmark. I got my son interested in this site when he asked me for help and I didn't know the answer, I told him to post the question here and see what kind of responses he got. That's all it took in his case, although he already had a fair understanding of the computer. After his visits here he became very knowledgeable, built his own computers and I now go to him for help at times.

ed