Desktop Problem

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kreldo

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Last night my son added a Willy Wonka wallpaper on my G4 - now, when I go to System Preferences - Desktop & ScreenSaver, and try and change anything (as in anything I click on in that window) I get the awful Spinning Wheel of Death.

It seems to hang where it says "Loading Desktop & Screen Saver......"

Any ideas how I can stop this happening, or at least replace Johnny Depp's face with a grey desktop?

TIA

Mark
 
The spinny wheel just means it's loading something, not death.
Here's a workaround to fix it:

Find out where your son put the picture. Odds are it's in your Pictures folder, or on the desktop somewhere. Go to it in Finder, throw it in the Trash, and reboot. Willy Wonka won't load up on restart, and you should be able to get back into your Desktop preferences without a problem.

Good Luck!

P.S. - This is precisely why Apple added multiple user accounts. In the accounts tab in System preferences, you can set up an account for your son (even set some parental controls, if that's your thing) and then he can log into his account and go crazy with the settings, and leave YOUR account the way you like it.)
 
Great - Willy's gone now thanks, but when I goto the DeskTop & Screen Saver window in the System Preferences - it still just says "Loading Desktop & ScreenSaver" ad infinitum, and when you click anywhere inside the window, you get the spinning wheel again.

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Hmm...

try trashing this file:
Users/your name/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist

and restart. Beyond that... I'll do some more digging. Anyone else feels like chiming in, feel welcome.
 
ra3ndy said:
Hmm...

try trashing this file:
Users/your name/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist

and restart. Beyond that... I'll do some more digging. Anyone else feels like chiming in, feel welcome.
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you Sir......are a star!

many thanks.

Mark
 
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