I have had this problem periodically over the years & would appreciate if any one could help me.

I want to change my desktop background to use a .jpg picture file I have already saved to my desktop. I open thew file using "MS Paint" - then from file I hit the tab 'set as background (centered) & I then get a message saying " You must save the file before setting it as a background". Naturally I am somewhat puzzled as I have obviously already saved this file on my desktop. However, even if I save the file with a new name & retry the same process I keep encountering the same problem.

Running Win XP Prof with SP2, but I seem to recall having a similar problem on earlier PC running earlier versions of Windows.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks

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To set either bitmaps (bmp) or jpgs (incl'dng jpegs) as your desktop background, right click on an empty area of the desktop and choose Properties. Click on the Desktop tab and browse to your picture.