Microsoft KB Archive/59666

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Control Panel: Desktop Pattern/Color Scheme Not Saved

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Q59666

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a

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SYMPTOMS
After you modify your Microsoft Windows desktop, the custom patterns and color schemes aren't saved when you exit Windows.

CAUSE
The Windows Control Panel saves its Desktop patterns and custom color schemes in a file called CONTROL.INI. However, it does not verify that information was successfully written to the file. Therefore, if CONTROL.INI is missing, corrupted, or marked Read-Only (perhaps on a read-only network directory), color schemes and desktop patterns are lost.

RESOLUTION
Verify that CONTROL.INI is valid and that it can be written to.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 3.0. This problem was corrected in later versions of Windows.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin300 kbWin300a