My desktop background will not change, what do i do?

[Hannah Lee]

I have a inspiron dell and i've tried everything to change my background. It will only change solid colors but not anything things else. How can i get it to change?

[Nitika]

Hello, I am Nitika from the Dell Social Media outreach team.

Please follow the instructions below to fix the background image issue.

1.Click Start, paste the following text into the search box, and then press Enter

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\
2.Right-click the TranscodedWallpaper.jpg file, and then click Rename.
3.Change the file name to TranscodedWallpaper.old, and then click yes when you are prompted.
4.If slideshow.ini is listed, double-click this file. Slideshow.ini should open in Notepad. Select all the text in slideshow.ini if any exists, and then press Delete on the keyboard.
5.On the File menu, click Save.
6.Close Notepad.
7.Close the Windows Explorer window, and then browse to the picture that will be set as the background image.
8.Try to apply a background picture again.

If in case you do face any challenges in the process, please feel free to contact me directly by sending me an email or by through a reply to this blog.

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Thanks & Regards
DELL_NITIKA_K
Dell Social Media Responder

[Dell Inc.]

Hello Hannah,
My name is Krishna and I work for the Social Media and Community Team at Dell. If your system has the Windows 7 starter edition, it does not include personalization features such as change desktop background, Desktop Slideshow, Screen Saver, and Windows Color and Appearance.

However, to add these features, try the steps mentioned in http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/472...arter.html

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Dell-Kris K
Dell Social Media and Communities