Remote controll wipes out user's desktop wallpaper

I have a issue that I hope someone can help with. I have a user that has ZCM client 10.2 installed and whenever I remote her desktop, her wallpaper is removed, and is NOT restored after releasing the remote session. Has anyone experienced this problem?

Originally Posted by patrickhopkins
I have a issue that I hope someone can help with. I have a user that has ZCM client 10.2 installed and whenever I remote her desktop, her wallpaper is removed, and is NOT restored after releasing the remote session. Has anyone experienced this problem?
This is fixed in ZCM 10.2.1.
Bug 417963 Remote Control doesn't put the right wallpaper back if set through Policy
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