How can I find the desktop background image?

Have a computer with bad memory that corrupted the system files and have to put in a new install of XP. I like to do all the little things to make Windows look as much like the previous install as I can, and would like to get the same background image up. In Win95/98/ME just had to look in the system.ini / win.ini file (I forget which it actually was) and that told me what the background image was.

Can I find the same information out of WinXP?

This question was answered on November 30, 2004. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.

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The wallpaper and background setting were in the registry, which your new installation "over the top" as opposed to a repair reinstallation has completely overwritten.

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Posted by Michael of Katharine Gibbs School - New York on November 30, 2004

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