System restore / desktop display properties

Today is 12/26/09 and I added a new folder and pictures onto a secondary
harddrive (D on my PC and set one of the pictures as my desktop wallpaper.

I then changed the date of my computer to 3/11/08 (to get a trial program to
temporarily work) and then noticed I needed to do a system restore to an
earlier date (12/23/09) of this year.

Once the computer rebooted, my PC was still set in 2008, which cleared all
my recent 2009 restore points. I also noticed that the folder and pictures
originally placed on the additional harddrive were completely missing (i've
tried to search every way I could). However, the photo that I set as my
desktop wallpaper is still currently being displayed. When I look at the
display properties, it does not show what the file name is though.

This leads me to think the folder and pictures may still be on my computer,
but I don't know if they are hidden or something? Is there a way to research
where the desktop display properties is actually linking to the file
currently being displayed as my background wallpaper? Oh, and I've changed
the date of my computer back to 2009.

jrkime wrote:
Today is 12/26/09 and I added a new folder and pictures onto a
secondary harddrive (D on my PC and set one of the pictures as my
desktop wallpaper.

I then changed the date of my computer to 3/11/08 (to get a trial
program to temporarily work) and then noticed I needed to do a
system restore to an earlier date (12/23/09) of this year.

Once the computer rebooted, my PC was still set in 2008, which
cleared all my recent 2009 restore points. I also noticed that the
folder and pictures originally placed on the additional harddrive
were completely missing (i've tried to search every way I could).
However, the photo that I set as my desktop wallpaper is still
currently being displayed. When I look at the display properties,
it does not show what the file name is though.

This leads me to think the folder and pictures may still be on my
computer, but I don't know if they are hidden or something? Is
there a way to research where the desktop display properties is
actually linking to the file currently being displayed as my
background wallpaper? Oh, and I've changed the date of my computer
back to 2009.

Lesson:
Should have purchased the program.

Do a search for the type of file (JPG? GIF? TIF? BMP?) throughout the
entire drive, including the advanced search options of looking in
hidden/system folders, etc. Make sure hidden/system files are being shown
and you are using an administrative account.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

jrkime wrote:
Today is 12/26/09 and I added a new folder and pictures onto a
secondary harddrive (D on my PC and set one of the pictures as my
desktop wallpaper.

I then changed the date of my computer to 3/11/08 (to get a trial
program to temporarily work) and then noticed I needed to do a
system restore to an earlier date (12/23/09) of this year.

Once the computer rebooted, my PC was still set in 2008, which
cleared all my recent 2009 restore points. I also noticed that the
folder and pictures originally placed on the additional harddrive
were completely missing (i've tried to search every way I could).
However, the photo that I set as my desktop wallpaper is still
currently being displayed. When I look at the display properties,
it does not show what the file name is though.

This leads me to think the folder and pictures may still be on my
computer, but I don't know if they are hidden or something? Is
there a way to research where the desktop display properties is
actually linking to the file currently being displayed as my
background wallpaper? Oh, and I've changed the date of my computer
back to 2009.

Lesson:
Should have purchased the program.

Do a search for the type of file (JPG? GIF? TIF? BMP?) throughout the
entire drive, including the advanced search options of looking in
hidden/system folders, etc. Make sure hidden/system files are being shown
and you are using an administrative account.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html