Wallpaper not transfering on roaming profile

[Hondy]

Hi

I have a user with a roaming profile, all of his settings transfer to other PC's except his wallpaper and icon position.

Any idea why this is?

Thanks

H

 

[guitarzan]

Regarding wallpaper, see if the below link helps:

http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...21e-b9f3-3e1f643123f2&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=&p=1

The quote from the above article is:

custom bitmap backgrounds will roam just fine. If the background is a jpeg,
however, whether it is a default or a custom uploaded picture, that
background will not roam.

The reason is that windows XP does not actually display jpeg backgrounds at
all. The tech behind desktop wallpapers is only capable of displaying
bitmaps. So when a jpeg is selected, windows converts and saves a temporary
bitmap file for use as the wallpaper. That file is saved in the temp
folder. Temp folders do not roam. Hence, the temporary bitmap does not
roam with the profile. So when the registry entry that lists the wallpaper
is read on the new machine, the file doesn't exist, and the desktop is not
displayed.