Wallpaper not displaying

[Descendant X]

So, I don't know what I've done, but for some reason my wallpaper isn't displaying. Only the background color is showing. When I have the desktop selected and I press F5 it flickers to the wallpaper, but nothing I do seems to fix it. The wallpapers will also flicker when I quit applications or exit games.

I've running an ASUS V9980 Ultra (GeForce FX 5950 Ultra) on dual monitors. The problem started when I changed the refresh rate on my Dell flatscreen, but I've updated XP and reinstalled all the drivers since them. What is going on?

 

[FlyingPenguin]

Do you have one of those screen saver programs installed? If so uninstall it. Try specifying a BMP file for the wallpaper instead of a JPG. That would tell you if active desktop is broken. You need active desktop to display a jpg as a wallpaper. You don't need active desktop to display a BMP.

 

[2kfire]

Originally posted by: FlyingPenguin
Do you have one of those screen saver programs installed? If so uninstall it. Try specifying a BMP file for the wallpaper instead of a JPG. That would tell you if active desktop is broken. You need active desktop to display a jpg as a wallpaper. You don't need active desktop to display a BMP.

Just giving a nod to this response. :thumbsup:

 

[Descendant X]

I fixed it - sort of. I discovered that when I had an icon on the desktop my wallpapers showed up (I normally have no icons on my screens). So I enabled my recycle bin and put it in the far corner of my slave monitor.