Microsoft KB Archive/187967

= Wallpaper Is Not Loaded When You Select an Active Desktop Theme =

Article ID: 187967

Article Last Modified on 5/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Plus! 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q187967



SYMPTOMS
If you select an Active Desktop theme in Plus! 98 Desktop Themes, the screen background may change to a solid color, and you may not see the Active Desktop wallpaper. In addition, the following display settings for the desktop wallpaper may be unavailable:


 * Center
 * Stretch
 * Tile

When you select the following Active Desktop themes, you experience the following symptoms.

  Desktop Theme                     Symptom --  Cathy                             No background shapes Corbis Photography (High Color)  No pictures Doonesbury                       No red wallpaper FoxTrot                          No background words Garfield                         No pictures Horror Channel (High Color)      No pictures Jazz                             No pictures Peanuts                          No pictures PhotoDisc (High Color)           No pictures Windows 98 (High Color)          No pictures



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if you use TweakUI for Microsoft Windows 98 to disable the Active Desktop.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
 * 2) Double-click TweakUI.
 * 3) On the IE4 tab, click to select the Active Desktop Enabled check box.
 * 4) Click to select the Allow Changes To Active Desktop check box.
 * 5) Click OK.
 * 6) Double-click Desktop Themes.
 * 7) In the Themes box, click the Active Desktop theme you want to use, and then click OK.
 * 8) Close Control Panel.



MORE INFORMATION
When you use TweakUI to disable Active Desktop, you disable all Active Desktop functions.

TweakUI is one of the Microsoft PowerToys. You can obtain current information about TweakUI from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/ph/1139

Microsoft PowerToys is a suite of tools available for free download from the Microsoft Web site. Microsoft Technical Support does not support the installation or usage of PowerToys or any of their components.

Additional query words: 1.00 plus98 tweak power toys missing feature

Keywords: kbdisplay kbinterop kbprb KB187967

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