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Wallpapers Thread last updated on 2006-04-26 22:21:29

Posted by member 307870 on 2006-02-19 21:07:39

Hey i was wondering if somebody could tell me how to change the background. Right now im using elemental theme and im getting tired of the default litestep backgroud. thanks

Posted by member 248213 on 2006-02-19 21:21:13 link

Why do people think its a different process to change the wallpaper in LiteStep?

Its the same way! Exactly! (control/display, or right click on an image your fax/image previewing)

Posted by member 5575 on 2006-02-19 23:03:31 link

Probably because they can't access their display properties with the usual explorer desktop menu, and they haven't figured out how to do it any other way yet. Personally, I prefer to view my wallpapers in explorer thumbnail mode and apply one with the context menu - or let my theme do it for me automagically.

Posted by member 206411 on 2006-02-21 20:54:44 link

Mine chooses a wallpaper randomly from the theme wallpaper folder with WIN+Z... it's pretty nice actually.

Posted by member 248213 on 2006-02-24 17:47:38 link

I do it with the windows image previewer thingy... duh :D

Posted by member 320276 on 2006-04-26 11:29:38 link

i'm having a similar issue, and i feel fractaldesign & boreas are missing a subtlety due to their usage of alternate ways (image previewer thingy, automagic theme control, etc) to set the backgrounds...

control/display->desktop-tab has a Background list box which is normally used to change the wallpaper, but it is disabled. The alternate ways of setting a background are fine, but I am trying to remove the wallpaper entirely and set the background to a solid color. How to do this with the control/display->desktop tab?

I've noticed that themes which set a wallpaper (eg austerity, nonstep II) do it fine, and themes which don't just leave the previous theme's wallpaper in place, any pointers as to how to set the background to a solid color in any theme?

i'm running winxp and, if its not already obvious, i'm new to this whole litestep world

thanks

Posted by member 1 on 2006-04-26 12:49:31 link

"control/display->desktop-tab has a Background list box which is normally used to change the wallpaper, but it is disabled."

No it isn't. It works just fine.

Posted by member 320276 on 2006-04-26 13:49:22 link

in that case, any ideas what could cause it to be disabled on my system? where to start looking?

can you suggest a workaround to set the desktop background to a solid color?

thanks

Posted by member 1 on 2006-04-26 14:47:58 link

how is it "disabled"?

Posted by member 212670 on 2006-04-26 18:48:53 link

I'm guessing the wallpaper option is somehow greyed out? Not a Litestep issue, anyway. Sounds more like malware of some kind.

Posted by member 320276 on 2006-04-26 19:58:48 link

"greyed out" is right, interesting you say its not a litestep issue, seemed right up litestep's alley

thanks for the pointers

Posted by member 1 on 2006-04-26 22:21:29 link

switch back to explorer and see what happens.