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(Solved) - Shortcut to hide wallpaper in XP desktop

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amkeew
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Is there a shortcut key/program to hide the wallpaper in the desktop in XP ?

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JHubbard92
JHubbard92
Posts: 360

Hello there...

Check this link out, I know it doesn't hide your wallpaper, but it does change it when you double click the shortcut, so maybe you could set the wallpaper to change to a white - (blank wallpaper) when you double click the shortcut?

What do you think...

Jordan :-)

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amkeew
Posts: 115

Thx Jubbard. I used the program and put only one wallpaper in a separate folder and used that as deafult. There is an option to remove the wall paper too.

But still too much work. :)

Didn't Bill Gates put a kinda toggle switch for wallpapers to turn them off and on ?

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JHubbard92
JHubbard92
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I don't think microsoft has a toggle option unfortunutlety... What about this?

Once you have downloaded it, open it, right click the wallpaper-changer icon - (bottom right next to clock) and select "Adolix wallpaper changer control panel", from there you can change the images it uses, to apply hotkeys to change the wallpaper right click that icon and click settings, maybe just put your origional wallpaper and a white blank wallpaper. Then by assigning a hotkey you can change the wallpaper... if you don't like the hotkey idea simply just click the Adolix wallpaper changer icon next to the clock.

Im not good at explaining sorry, just have a play around with it :-)

Jordan

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amkeew
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Thx again Hubbard. This is a much better software. I enabled a hotkey for removing the wall paper. The hot key (alt + x) does clear it but it gives a message "message 4" which has to be cleared again. Any way to get rid of that message ?

Otherwise, a good software.

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JHubbard92
JHubbard92
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I thought it was quite a good software too... unfortunutely I cannot see a reason for the message :S ... but at least it clears the wallpaper, to an extent... your best bet is to have a look around on Google for that error, I have had a breif look but cannot see much, sorry...

But i'm glad you like it :-)

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amkeew
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Another strange thing. If you have the outlook express opened and use the hot key, the tool bar buttons in OE get killed off for each use of the hot key.

And how do I create a blank wall paper in light blue ?

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JHubbard92
JHubbard92
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Well, unfortunutly everything software wise will have its bugs regarding your outlook problems :-( ... If you want to create a blank wallpaper in light blue rather than creating a hotkey for hiding the wallpaper, make it CHANGE OR SWAP wallpapers when a hotkey is typed, then you can toggle your wallpaper into a light blue one when the hotkey is typed... to make a light blue wallpaper you can just simply open Paint... change the canvas size to what ever your screen resolution is, fill it all in light blue, save it to where ever you wish to save it, add that image-(light blue one) to the wallpaper changer playlist... so when your new assigned hot key is typed it will change into that light blue one you created in paint. If you don't understand just say...

Jordan

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amkeew
Posts: 115

Thanks Jordan.

I created a light blue WP using Paint and used it to toggle between my regular WP and no WP.

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JHubbard92
JHubbard92
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Glad it worked :-)

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