For the Display Properties Background tab, Windows XP fetches the image files from the following locations:

BMP Files from %Systemroot% folder.

BMP, JPG, GIF, JPE, DIB, PNG, HTM files from the following locations:

• %Systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper
• %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures (& sub-folders)
• %AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
• %ProgramFiles%\Plus!\Themes (& sub-folders)

If you want to clear a file from the background tab listing, move the file away from the above mentioned locations. To access each of the folders above, type the Path in Start-Run dialog.

Note

• %Systemroot% represents the folder where Windows is installed.
• %USERPROFILE% represents the user profile home path
• %AppData% represents the Application Data folder path
• %ProgramFiles% represents the Program Files folde