You can change your desktop wallpaper by right clicking a blank part of the
desktop and entering the program that way.

Also, you might want to download Irfanview. It's a free graphics program
and is simple to use. I've been using it for years.

http://www.irfanview.com/

Thanks for letting us know you solved the problem.

Joe

"LB" wrote in message
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Thanks. I still couldn't load it from the control panel
(same Active Desktop message), but I just saved it as
wallpaper from the Paint program. There's always a way!

LB

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Change it to a bitmap - .bmp

Joe

"LB" wrote in
message
.. .
When I select a .jpg from my files to use as wallpaper,
I
get a message that says I can only use the image if I
enable Active Desktop. I don't want Active Desktop
enabled . . . and I used to be able to load any image
without this happening. How can I get around this?


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