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Q163122: Kids Plus!: Desktop Wallpaper Settings Lost After Installing

Article: Q163122
Product(s): Microsoft Home Kids Products
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbfaq
Last Modified: 08-NOV-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Plus! for Kids, version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you Uninstall Microsoft Plus! For Kids, you may lose a user-defined desktop
wallpaper.

CAUSE
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Microsoft Plus! For Kids installs several different desktop themes. But when the
program is removed, the desktop wallpaper is automatically set to None. This
happens even if you specified your own bitmap as the wallpaper.

RESOLUTION
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If your wallpaper gets set to None, set your Wallpaper back to the desired
background using the following steps:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

2. Double-click Display.

3. On the Background tab, select the Wallpaper you want to use for your desktop.

4. Click Apply, and then click OK. Your wallpaper will now be set to the desired
  background.

MORE INFORMATION
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Plus! For Kids,
version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: kids kbmm homekids mskids kidsplus kidsplus! pack plus plus! background

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Keywords          :  kbfaq
Technology        : _IKkbbogus kbGamesSearch kbPlusKids kbPlusSearch
Version           : 1.0

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