[Help] My desktop wallpaper won't show animated wallpapers. Updates to this post /post/214075-my-desktop-wallpaper-wont-sh Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:21:03 +0100 Reply from topmelissa57 /post/214075-my-desktop-wallpaper-wont-sh#reply-4982933 **** xp! im soo upset!! i wanted an animated background.

]]> topmelissa57 Sat, 02 May 2009 10:10:17 +0100 Reply from lucif /post/214075-my-desktop-wallpaper-wont-sh#reply-4444247 [quote youtubelover99]Desktop wallpapers cannot be animated. They have to be still. That’s why they’re a “wallpaper”. The purpose of wallpapers is that they don’t move.[/quote]

they can actually. It has been possible since Windows 98. (an years before that on linux and solaris) You can even have active weblinks as a backround.

]]> lucif Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:31:43 +0100 Reply from musicfan1994 /post/214075-my-desktop-wallpaper-wont-sh#reply-4444235 Desktop wallpapers cannot be animated. They have to be still. That’s why they’re a “wallpaper”. The purpose of wallpapers is that they don’t move.

]]> musicfan1994 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:28:52 +0100 Reply from Linda McGinnis /post/214075-my-desktop-wallpaper-wont-sh#reply-4444139 Thank you, I will try that.

]]> Linda McGinnis Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:50:08 +0100 Reply from lucif /post/214075-my-desktop-wallpaper-wont-sh#reply-4444135 then it is possible you do not have the ‘active desktop’ enabled. You should enable that at the config screen with the desktop settings.
If it still doesn’t work, see what kind of extension it is. XP doesn’t just support anything.

]]> lucif Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:49:11 +0100 Reply from Linda McGinnis /post/214075-my-desktop-wallpaper-wont-sh#reply-4444127 Windows XP.

]]> Linda McGinnis Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:47:46 +0100 Reply from lucif /post/214075-my-desktop-wallpaper-wont-sh#reply-4444118 what is your operating system?

]]> lucif Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:45:59 +0100