Try the other places wallpaper can be.

BMP Files from C:\WINDOWS
BMP, JPG, GIF, JPE, DIB, PNG, HTM files from the following locations:
C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper
C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Pictures
(+subfolders)
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application
Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes (+subfolders)

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.htm


On 7 Apr 2007 21:37:00 -0700, in
microsoft.public.win98.display.general, "Arcadian"
wrote:

An old wallpaper keeps popping up on the desktop on opening & closing
Windows. I find it on the wallpaper list (from right-clicking the
desktop & clicking on Properties) but no way to delete it. ( It has
long been deleted from My Pictures.) It may seem like a little thing
but it's irritating that I don't have control over my PC. How can I
get rid of this unwanted graphics?