Annoying desktop wallpaper issues

Lately i'm having issues with my wallpaper on my macbookpro. The state of my wallpaper now is white, just white nothing else. I try and apply a new image but it doesnt seem to do anything. Whenever i reboot my mbp, my old wallpaper images displays for a couple of seconds until osx is fully loaded but then goes back to white. I use a secondry monitor as well, but it displays images, just not the screen on my mbp. The mmp works perfecly, nothing else wrong with it (touch wood) just this really annoying desktop wallpaper issue!
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.

Ok it seems to of been a wee app called instantshot that was the culprit.

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Desktop Wallpaper Issue

I have a late 2009 iMac with an external display running Lion. I have 4 desktop spaces each with specific applications. Since upgrading, I've changed my desktop wallpaper a few times (I like to change it with the seasons) and there has never been a problem. Last night I changed the wallpaper on my main screen and went about my business. When I switched spaces, the wallpaper in that space was the previous one. When I opened Mission Control, it showed me that only one space's wallpaper had been changed and the rest were the old image. I went through each space and changed the wallpaper (which was annoying because System Preferences doesn't move with the spaces, so I'd have to change the image, quit Preferences, change spaces, open Preferences, etc.). After I did that, I changed spaces again and suddenly the wallpaper on my external display was the stock galaxy image instead of the leaves image that has been there for over a month. I figured there must be some kind of glitch so I restarted. After the restart, the external display's wallpaper was set to that stock galaxy image on all of the spaces. It's strange that this suddenly started happening without any kind of software update. Has anyone else experienced this?

where do you have your wallpapers stored? you may find that having them on an external drive might make them not appear on startup (could be a sign of a failing HD), which will then make the mac revert back to the factory settings.
Try this, if your wallpapers are on your Mac HD (making my previous suggested null and void).
go to system prefereces>spotlight, then click Privacy. Hit the plus button at the bottom of the white window with things that you've set private. Find where your wallpapers are stored and add it to the privacy list. Now select that same drive you just added and remove it from the privacy list. This will make spotlight reindex that folder and you will hopefully have your wallpapers back. You may have to reset them.
also, next time you do the major switching, instead of closing System Preferences and reopening them constantly, you can right click system prefernces icon (when on the dock) and choose options>All Desktops.
This way, the application window will follow you going to the different spaces. unclick the setting when you don't want it to do that anymore.

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Hi, I am having trouble getting the result from a wallpaper program that I want, and was hoping you guys could help me find a good one.
I have tried every program on https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … er_setters and could not find one that meets my needs.
I would like to have a different wallpaper for every workspace in Xfce. I recently converted from Manjaro, and the Xfce desktop settings had better wallpaper setting functionality, but the version I installed in Arch does not have these features.
Thanks for your help

Name : xfdesktop
Version : 4.10.3-2
Name : libxfce4ui
Version : 4.10.0-2
Name : xfce4-session
Version : 4.10.1-5
And apparently I don't have libxfce4util. Should I install it?
[chillycurve@ArchMachine ~]$ ls -l /usr/lib/libxfce*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Jul 2 10:43 /usr/lib/libxfce4kbd-private-2.so -> libxfce4kbd-private-2.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Jul 2 10:43 /usr/lib/libxfce4kbd-private-2.so.0 -> libxfce4kbd-private-2.so.0.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 39936 Jul 2 10:43 /usr/lib/libxfce4kbd-private-2.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 May 5 2013 /usr/lib/libxfce4panel-1.0.so -> libxfce4panel-1.0.so.4.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 May 5 2013 /usr/lib/libxfce4panel-1.0.so.4 -> libxfce4panel-1.0.so.4.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 81264 May 5 2013 /usr/lib/libxfce4panel-1.0.so.4.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 2 10:43 /usr/lib/libxfce4ui-1.so -> libxfce4ui-1.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 2 10:43 /usr/lib/libxfce4ui-1.so.0 -> libxfce4ui-1.so.0.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 73760 Jul 2 10:43 /usr/lib/libxfce4ui-1.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Nov 22 12:14 /usr/lib/libxfce4util.so -> libxfce4util.so.7.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Nov 22 12:14 /usr/lib/libxfce4util.so.7 -> libxfce4util.so.7.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 56112 Nov 22 12:14 /usr/lib/libxfce4util.so.7.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jul 2 10:45 /usr/lib/libxfcegui4.so -> libxfcegui4.so.4.3.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jul 2 10:45 /usr/lib/libxfcegui4.so.4 -> libxfcegui4.so.4.3.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 364936 Jul 2 10:45 /usr/lib/libxfcegui4.so.4.3.0
[chillycurve@ArchMachine ~]$ ldd $(which xfce4-session)
linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fffc0e02000)
libxfsm-4.6.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxfsm-4.6.so.0 (0x00007fb352a30000)
libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x00007fb352828000)
libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x00007fb352608000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00007fb3522c0000)
libxfce4ui-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxfce4ui-1.so.0 (0x00007fb3520a8000)
libxfce4util.so.6 => not found
libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fb351ea0000)
libwnck-1.so.22 => /usr/lib/libwnck-1.so.22 (0x00007fb351c60000)
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fb351618000)
libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fb351360000)
libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fb351138000)
libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2 (0x00007fb350e08000)
libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fb350be0000)
libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fb350990000)
libpolkit-gobject-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpolkit-gobject-1.so.0 (0x00007fb350770000)
libgio-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fb3503f8000)
libxfconf-0.so.2 => /usr/lib/libxfconf-0.so.2 (0x00007fb3501e0000)
libdbus-glib-1.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2 (0x00007fb34ffb8000)
libdbus-1.so.3 => /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3 (0x00007fb34fd70000)
libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fb34fb18000)
libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fb34f808000)
libm.so.6 => /usr/lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007fb34f500000)
libpthread.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fb34f2e0000)
libc.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007fb34ef38000)
libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fb34ed28000)
libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fb34eb10000)
libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00007fb34e8d0000)
libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007fb34e610000)
libxfce4util.so.6 => not found
libuuid.so.1 => /usr/lib/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007fb34e408000)
libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007fb34e1e0000)
libdl.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fb34dfd8000)
libstartup-notification-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libstartup-notification-1.so.0 (0x00007fb34ddc8000)
libxfce4util.so.6 => not found
libpcre.so.1 => /usr/lib/libpcre.so.1 (0x00007fb34db58000)
libXRes.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXRes.so.1 (0x00007fb34d950000)
libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0x00007fb34d748000)
libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x00007fb34d538000)
libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0x00007fb34d330000)
libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0x00007fb34d118000)
libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0x00007fb34cf08000)
libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0x00007fb34ccf8000)
libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1 (0x00007fb34caf0000)
libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1 (0x00007fb34c8e8000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x00007fb34c6d0000)
libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0 (0x00007fb34c420000)
libEGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/libEGL.so.1 (0x00007fb34c1f0000)
libpng16.so.16 => /usr/lib/libpng16.so.16 (0x00007fb34bfb8000)
libxcb-shm.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-shm.so.0 (0x00007fb34bdb0000)
libxcb-render.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-render.so.0 (0x00007fb34bba0000)
libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x00007fb34b988000)
libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 (0x00007fb34b6e8000)
librt.so.1 => /usr/lib/librt.so.1 (0x00007fb34b4e0000)
libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fb34b2d8000)
libsystemd.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsystemd.so.0 (0x00007fb352de8000)
libffi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libffi.so.6 (0x00007fb34b0c8000)
libresolv.so.2 => /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007fb34aeb0000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fb352c38000)
libharfbuzz.so.0 => /usr/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0 (0x00007fb34ac58000)
libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0x00007fb34aa28000)
libbz2.so.1.0 => /usr/lib/libbz2.so.1.0 (0x00007fb34a818000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0x00007fb34a610000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007fb34a408000)
libxcb-util.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb-util.so.1 (0x00007fb34a200000)
libX11-xcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libX11-xcb.so.1 (0x00007fb349ff8000)
libxcb-dri2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-dri2.so.0 (0x00007fb349df0000)
libxcb-xfixes.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-xfixes.so.0 (0x00007fb349be8000)
libxcb-shape.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-shape.so.0 (0x00007fb3499e0000)
libgbm.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgbm.so.1 (0x00007fb3497d0000)
libwayland-client.so.0 => /usr/lib/libwayland-client.so.0 (0x00007fb3495c0000)
libwayland-server.so.0 => /usr/lib/libwayland-server.so.0 (0x00007fb3493a8000)
libglapi.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglapi.so.0 (0x00007fb349178000)
libdrm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdrm.so.2 (0x00007fb348f68000)
libxcb-glx.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-glx.so.0 (0x00007fb348d48000)
libxcb-dri3.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-dri3.so.0 (0x00007fb348b40000)
libxcb-present.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-present.so.0 (0x00007fb348938000)
libxcb-randr.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-randr.so.0 (0x00007fb348728000)
libxcb-sync.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb-sync.so.1 (0x00007fb348520000)
libxshmfence.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxshmfence.so.1 (0x00007fb348318000)
libXxf86vm.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXxf86vm.so.1 (0x00007fb348110000)
liblzma.so.5 => /usr/lib/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007fb347ee8000)
liblz4.so.1 => /usr/lib/liblz4.so.1 (0x00007fb347cd8000)
libgcrypt.so.20 => /usr/lib/libgcrypt.so.20 (0x00007fb3479f0000)
libgpg-error.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgpg-error.so.0 (0x00007fb3477d8000)
libgraphite2.so.3 => /usr/lib/libgraphite2.so.3 (0x00007fb3475b8000)

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The upgrade to SL went smoothly. One minor issue is that the custom wall paper that I choose under system prefrences always reverts back to a blue screen. Anyone else having this issue?

Create a new User go to System Preferences >> Accounts >> "+" (make it an admin acct) and test the apps in this new account, if they work the problem is isolated to your User and not systemwide.
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AshwinVC wrote:
I reset the system and issue gets resolved.
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Mountain Lion desktop wallpaper won't change!

Hi guys,
Hope somone can help with this, it's been bugging me ever since I upgraded to Mountain Lion!
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Step 1:
com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver (1.0.0)
Step 2:
com.timesoftware.timemachineeditor.backupd-auto
com.mcafee.virusscan.fmp
com.mcafee.virusscan.ssm.ScanManager
com.mcafee.ssm.Eupdate
com.logmein.raupdate
com.logmein.logmeinserver
com.google.keystone.daemon
com.adobe.fpsaud
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org.thebends.iphonedisk.mobile_fs_util
com.mcafee.reporter
com.mcafee.menulet
com.logmein.logmeinguiagent
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com.google.keystone.system.agent
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AEProfiling.framework
AERegistration.framework
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HPDeviceModel.framework
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HPSmartPrint.framework
HPSmartX.framework
MacScanner.framework
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ScanBooster.framework
TSLicense.framework
VirusScanPreferences.framework
iTunesLibrary.framework
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AdobePDFViewer.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
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DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
GarminGpsControl.plugin
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
LogMeIn.plugin
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LogMeInSafari64.plugin
OVSHelper.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
Quartz Composer.webplugin
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Silverlight.plugin
TVUPlugin.webplugin
flashplayer.xpt
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
iPrint.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt
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/Library/LaunchAgents:
com.google.keystone.agent.plist
com.logmein.logmeingui.plist
com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist
com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist
com.mcafee.menulet.plist
com.mcafee.reporter.plist
org.thebends.iphonedisk.mobile_fs_util.plist
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com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist
com.logmein.raupdate.plist
com.mcafee.ssm.Eupdate.plist
com.mcafee.ssm.ScanManager.plist
com.mcafee.virusscan.fmpd.plist
com.timesoftware.timemachineeditor.backupd-auto.plist
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Feisar-K770.phoneplugin
/Library/PreferencePanes:
DivX.prefPane
Flash Player.prefPane
Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane
HP Scanners.prefPane
MacFUSE.prefPane
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:
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GBQLGenerator.qlgenerator
iBooksAuthor.qlgenerator
iWork.qlgenerator
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AppleMPEG2Codec.component
DivX Decoder.component
DivX Encoder.component
Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component
Flip4Mac WMV Export.component
Flip4Mac WMV Import.component
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GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter
Microsoft Office.mdimporter
iBooksAuthor.mdimporter
iWork.mdimporter
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HP IO
HP Trap Monitor
HWNetMgr
cma
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/etc/mach_init_per_user.d:
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SkypeABDialer.bundle
SkypeABSMS.bundle
YMsgrCallABPlugin.bundle
YMsgrMsnABPlugin.bundle
YMsgrSmsABPlugin.bundle
YMsgrYimABPlugin.bundle
Library/Fonts:
Library/Input Methods:
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Library/InputManagers:
Smart Crash Reports
Library/Internet Accounts:
V1
Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
FacebookVideoCalling.bundle
Library/Keyboard Layouts:
Library/LaunchAgents:
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com.apple.AddressBook.ScheduledSync.PHXCardDAVSource.C575A6AF-BB78-4B6F-8953-9D6 A2947010D.plist
com.apple.FolderActions.enabled.plist
com.apple.FolderActions.folders.plist
com.apple.SafariBookmarksSyncer.plist
com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist
com.facebook.videochat.Sulaiman.plist
ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist
Library/PreferencePanes:
Perian.prefPane
Library/QuickTime:
AC3MovieImport.component
Perian.component
Library/ScriptingAdditions:
1Password Addition.osax
LimeWire/Incomplete:
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Backup Engine, iprint-listener, iprint-listener-gui, HP Scanjet Manager, HP Scheduler
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Desktop Wallpaper shows blank in windows 7 and works in win xp & win 8.

Dear MS Support,
We have applied one newly designed Desktop Wallpaper for all our computers in GAVS. It is not working in win 7 and it works in Win XP and in Win 8.
I have searched in Microsoft forums and they mentioned to install one hotfix. I tried to install and it is not working..
Our Group Policy and working and I can able to see the wallpaper path in my registry settings..
Kindly help me to fix this issue..
Given below the hotfix url…
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;977944&sd=rss&spid=14481

Hi,
After you applied the policy, what wallpaper will the Desktop of Windows 7 change to? Is it a solid colour desktop? If not, The Hotfix should not work in this case.
Here is a very good troubleshooting guide for Wallpaper Group Policy.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2011/12/13/wallpaper-deployment-troubleshooting.aspx
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Desktop wallpaper is not applying on windows 7, works XP machine

Hi Team,
I have created Desktop wallpaper GPO for our environment and the Desktop wallpaper is applying on XP machines not windows 7 professional, so could you please help me with this issue ?

Hi
Could please check the article about method 2 for configure a registry key wallpaper configuration;
http://www.grouppolicy.biz/2011/03/best-practice-using-group-policy-to-configure-desktop-wallpaper-background/

Desktop Wallpaper's problematic GPO

Hello,
I have Windows Server 2012 R2 installed on my domain controllers and on client side I'm using windows XP/7/8 versions.
I've pushed new wallpaper on client computers by using Group Policy and except Windows XP all works great - On windows 7 and 8 desktop wallpaper is showing on the display.
As for installation of desktop wallpaper on Windows XP - after login nothing is changing on the display, but in the display properties, on the "themes" and "Desktop" tab is showing the new wallpaper, that already was displayed
without problems on 7 and 8 versions.
On XP computers gpresult showing me that wallpaper policy was successfully pushed.
So, What about this issue guys, what should I do to display this wallpaper on windows XP machines?
Thanks a lot,

Hi,
Before going further, how did we deploy the wallpaper via group policy? Besides, please try to use
Fill Wallpaper Style as this will work best with most screen resolutions. Moreover, we can try to logon continuously twice to see if the wallpaper can take effect, or we can try to enable the setting Computer Configuration\Administrative
Templates\System\Logon\Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon.
In addition, there are several ways to deploy wallpaper via group policy. If the issue persists, we can try alternative solutions to see if it helps.
Regarding this point, the following article can be referred to for more information.
Using Group Policy to configure Desktop Wallpaper (“Background”)
http://www.grouppolicy.biz/2011/03/best-practice-using-group-policy-to-configure-desktop-wallpaper-background/
If we want to try to use Group Policy Preferences to deploy wallpaper, as also mentioned by Craig, we need to install client side extensions of GPP for Windows XP clients. Regarding this point, the following article can be referred to for more information.
Information about new Group Policy preferences in Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943729
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Nautilus: no desktop wallpaper

hello!
i don't find a solution to this weird and annoying problem.
when i try to set a desktop wallpaper i only see the background color, no wallpaper is shown.
the really funny thing is: when i drag a picture to the desktop with middle mouse button and select "set as background" the wallpaper fades in and directly out again.
i tried to create a new user account, same problem. reinstalling nautilus or searching the gconf settings didn't help.
this problem appeared after i switched back from xfce to gnome... i googled and searched this forum , but didn't find a solution. don't know how i can find out what's the problem. maybe some missing library or broken package? does nautilus set the wallpaper with an external tool? can i start nautilus somehow in verbose mode?
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joschi

Hi,
Before going further, as suggested by Martin in the following thread, I need to further confirm whether users can open the wallpaper file. Besides, we need
to check whether the "Wallpaper" value exists in this registry path
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.
Black Desktop wall paper after implementing group policy
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/0c36d7bf-4694-46e1-b408-d644111c0264/black-desktop-wall-paper-after-implementing-group-policy?forum=winserverGP
Moreover, for Windows 7 clients, we can try installing the hotfix also mentioned in the above thread to see whether it can work.
The "Desktop Wallpaper" Group Policy setting is not applied in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977944/en-us
In addition, regarding how to deploy wallpaper via group policy, the following blog can be referred to for more information.
Using Group Policy to configure Desktop Wallpaper (“Background”)
http://www.grouppolicy.biz/2011/03/best-practice-using-group-policy-to-configure-desktop-wallpaper-background/
Best regards,
Frank Shen

New Macbook Pro Retina keeps changing desktop wallpaper

Every time i turn on my macbook the desktop wallpaper has resets to its original wallpaper that it uses when you turn on the mac when you first buy it. I have tried changing it to one of the provided wallpapers in the system preferences and ones from my iPhoto but it still changes back to the default wallpaper when i turn it off and on.
Its a brand new macbook pro with retina display, I've only had it 2 weeks. Does anyone now how to fix this or is it a fault with the mac?
Thank you

Hi all,
I have had this same issue with OS X Lion and it continued on to OS X Mountain Lion as well. I have had the wallpaper switching on me to the default solid blue color whenever I restarted (every month or so) and when switching between users (every other day or so). So this issue was very frustrating having to go back in and reset the wallpaper to my preference whenever I switched to either user. I found a solution that has been working for me for several restarts and several switching of users now:
First, I took some of your advice by locating all of my wallpapers into a 'Wallpaper' folder located in each user's 'Documents' directory. I copied to same wallpapers to each user so both user's have the same wallpapers to choose from.
Then, I installed the latest stable version of 'OnyX' (freeware software). I used OnyX on both user accounts to run through practically all the settings to clean up the entire Mac (Mac Mini, mid 2011) including: Verify [S.M.A.R.T. Status, Structure of volume, and Preferences], Maintenance [Permissions], Cleaning [System cache, User cache, Internet cache, Fonts cache, Log cache, Misc. cache]. I generally left the default checked boxes alone and didn't change any settings and Executed the program to run as default.
After running OnyX, I re-set my wallpapers for each user and went ahead and tested the restarting of the computer and switching back and forth between users. It was very easy to duplicate the bug previously, but now I could not get the wallpaper to switch back to the default blue as before. Everything seems stable with my wallpaper selection now.
Hope this helps someone. Thanks everyone for your input too.
As a side note, my Mac is running much smoother and quicker now too. =)

After using firefox to set the desktop wallpaper i cannot change the wallpapre without using firefox

i cannot change my desktop wallpaper unless i am online using firefox

Open a image in windows 7 and right click choose set as wallpaper.
if you think its firefox problem, try in safemode. and try the above line
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Can't use iphoto pics for desktop wallpaper...

Evening -
I have my pictures saved in Users/shared/pictures so both my wife and i have easy access to them via our respective user accounts.
In iphoto i simply imported this folder and the iphoto library was created with no hassle. I unchecked the option to "copy" the pictures to my library so i wouldn't waste disk space unnecesarily.
The problem is when i choose my iphoto directory in System Preferences - desktop and screensaver, i cannot use any of my pictures for the desktop wallpaper through the iphoto folder (the wallpaper just changes to blue"). In order to use a photo i must point the desktop wallpaper application to look for the picture in the original directory users/shared/pictures....
Any ideas why?
Thank u for any help

I unchecked the option to "copy" the pictures to my library so i wouldn't waste disk space unnecesarily.
When you run a Referenced library in iPhoto the desktop pictures option doesn't work. It's one of the pitfalls with running a referenced Library along with
1. Import and deleting pics are more complex procedures
2. You cannot move or rename the files on your system or iPhoto will lose track of them on systems prior to 10.5 and iPhoto 08. Even with the later versions issues can still arise if you move the referenced files to new volumes or between volumes.
3. Most importantly, migrating to a new disk or computer can be much more complex.
Always allowing for personal preference, I've yet to see a good reason to run iPhoto in referenced mode unless you're using two photo organisers.
You can share a library between users:
There are two ways to share, depending on what you mean by 'share'.
If you want the other user to be able to see the pics, but not add to, change or alter your library, then enable Sharing in your iPhoto (Preferences -> Sharing), leave iPhoto running and use Fast User Switching to open the other account. In that account, enable 'Look For Shared Libraries'. Your Library will appear in the other source pane.
Remember iPhoto must be running in both accounts for this to work.
If you want the other user to have the same access to the library as you: to be able to add, edit, organise, keyword etc. then:
Quit iPhoto in both accounts
Move the iPhoto Library Folder to an external HD set to ignore permissions. You could also use a Disk Image or even partition your Hard Disk.
In each account in turn: Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting dialogue, select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new library location. From that point on, this will be the default library location. Both accounts will have full access to the library, in fact, both accounts will 'own' it.
However, there is a catch with this system and it is a significant one. iPhoto is not a multi-user app., it does not have the code to negotiate two users simultaneously writing to the database, and trying will cause db corruption. So only one user at a time, and back up, back up back up.
Finally: If you’re comfortable in the Terminal, and understand File Permissions, ACL’s etc., some folks have reported success using the process outlined here . (Note this page refers to 10.4, but it should also work on 10.5). If you’re not comfortable with the terminal, and don’t know an ACL from the ACLU, then you’re best doing something else... Oh, and the warning about simultaneous users still applies.
Regards
TD

Desktop wallpaper won't stay changed

I have had this issue since day one with this macbook pro.
I change the desktop background following the directions and no matter what I do after I shut down and use it again it just goes to a blank blue screen.
When i look at the desktop settings there is my picture like it should be but the macbook is not acting right.
This is really frustrating me. Its seems like a simple thing but the macbook pro wont do it.
What in the world can i do?

I had the same issue for the past couple weeks and I tried a few suggestions I was able to find on the Internet but no luck. I decided to go into iPhoto and find the images I wanted to use for the desktop wallpaper and while doing so, I messed around with the menu feature which allows you to set images as your desktop.
After I got tired of tinkering around in iPhoto, I exited all programs, then re-started. The image I switched to before the re-start was still present. I re-booted next. The image stayed. Since then, I've switched wallpapers a few times and they all stay like they're supposed to after a re-boot.
I don't know what I did to 'fix' the problem but I was able to muck around in iPhoto for about 5 minutes before I got bored and re-started. Maybe this is something you could try?
I wish I knew what the problem was. I didn't delete any files but I did have to re-build the Events image folder in iPhoto yesterday when I tried to fix the problem. I had inadvertently removed all iPhoto images not knowing that iPhoto has some sort of interaction with desktop image settings. I'm sure an Apple developer would be able to figure out what's happening but it's not obvious to me.

Where does Firefox store images saved as desktop wallpaper?

Where does Firefox store images saved as desktop wallpaper? i was playing around with windows theme and I can't find the wallpaper that was displayed before.

Firefox saves downloads to wherever you specify. Check your settings in Tools > Options > General, Download section. If you have it set to "Always ask me where to save files", then only you know where they were saved.
See: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Options+window+-+General+panel
Also see: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/281-desktop-background-change.html
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