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How to Copy My Desktop Background Appearance Setting to Another Windows XP

The background appearance setting in Windows XP is called the "Desktop Wallpaper." The desktop wallpaper may be changed in the "Display" settings in the Windows XP Control Panel. One of the wallpapers provided by Microsoft may be used, or a personal picture or image may be set as the desktop wallpaper. Images in .bmp, .jpg, .gif, .dib and .png formats may be used as wallpaper images. The images may be centered, tiled or stretched to fit the desktop. If your wallpaper is one of the default Windows XP wallpapers, the same wallpaper will be available on the new Windows XP computer. Otherwise, check the Display settings for the path to the wallpaper image and copy the image to a removable drive for the new Windows XP computer.

Instructions

    • 1

      Right-click the Windows "Start" button and select "Windows Explorer" to open the file manager.

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      Navigate to the following path where <user> is replaced by your Windows XP user name.

      C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft

      Wallpaper images, by default, are located in this folder. Right-click and select "Copy" to copy an image. Images used as wallpapers may also be located in "My Pictures."

    • 3

      Insert removable media and allow Windows XP to recognize and list the drive.

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      Navigate to the removable drive in Windows Explorer and click on the drive in the left navigation pane to open the drive contents in the right pane. Right-click inside the right pane and select "Paste" to paste the wallpaper image.

    • 5

      Remove the removable drive from the first computer and insert the drive into the second Windows XP computer. Allow the system to recognize and list the device.

    • 6

      Click the Windows "Start" button and select the "Control Panel" link on the new Windows XP computer.

    • 7

      Click the "Appearance and Themes" option and then click the "Display" option.

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      Click the tab labeled "Desktop."

    • 9

      Click the "Browse" button and navigate to the image on the removable drive to use as the desktop background.

    • 10

      Select the Position from the dropdown box. Choices are Tile, Center or Stretch.

    • 11

      Click "OK." The new Windows XP wallpaper is set.

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