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Deleting category from picture location
I have Win. 7 Home Premium 64 bit.
How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? I only mean ones which I have introduced myself via the browse facility. |
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Deleting category from picture location
Select the entry, and you will see the path to the location. copy that
path and paste it into Windows Explorer address bar, and then you can go up one level and delete the folder. On 11/27/2010 17:29, Emrys Davies wrote: I have Win. 7 Home Premium 64 bit. How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? I only mean ones which I have introduced myself via the browse facility. |
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I could see no relevance, but I tried it and it completely cleared the Start window of all data and I could not see any way of replacing it other that the Restore Point and that was successful. Back to square one. "Double Minus" wrote in message ... This is a complete guess, but try: Right-click the Taskbar - Properties - Start Menu - clear both boxes under Privacy Let me know if it works! - double minus "Emrys Davies" wrote in message ... I have Win. 7 Home Premium 64 bit. How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? I only mean ones which I have introduced myself via the browse facility. |
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Bob, would you be more explicit. Select which entry? I see no path and it is not for the want of trying. Bob I" wrote in message ... Select the entry, and you will see the path to the location. copy that path and paste it into Windows Explorer address bar, and then you can go up one level and delete the folder. On 11/27/2010 17:29, Emrys Davies wrote: I have Win. 7 Home Premium 64 bit. How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? I only mean ones which I have introduced myself via the browse facility. |
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Deleting category from picture location
You asked:
How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? Select the "category" entry. On 11/28/2010 09:49, Emrys Davies wrote: Bob, would you be more explicit. Select which entry? I see no path and it is not for the want of trying. Bob I" wrote in message ... Select the entry, and you will see the path to the location. copy that path and paste it into Windows Explorer address bar, and then you can go up one level and delete the folder. On 11/27/2010 17:29, Emrys Davies wrote: I have Win. 7 Home Premium 64 bit. How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? I only mean ones which I have introduced myself via the browse facility. |
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Deleting category from picture location
You asked:
How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? Select the "category" entry. On 11/28/2010 09:49, Emrys Davies wrote: Bob, would you be more explicit. Select which entry? I see no path and it is not for the want of trying. Bob I" wrote in message ... Select the entry, and you will see the path to the location. copy that path and paste it into Windows Explorer address bar, and then you can go up one level and delete the folder. On 11/27/2010 17:29, Emrys Davies wrote: I have Win. 7 Home Premium 64 bit. How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? I only mean ones which I have introduced myself via the browse facility. |
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Deleting category from picture location
I honestly do not know what you mean so it is best that we leave it at that
unless you would care be more helpful like explaining what you mean by selecting the category entry. I have tried everything in sight and there is no response. Maybe you would like to walk me through this. "Bob I" wrote in message ... You asked: How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? Select the "category" entry. On 11/28/2010 09:49, Emrys Davies wrote: Bob, would you be more explicit. Select which entry? I see no path and it is not for the want of trying. Bob I" wrote in message ... Select the entry, and you will see the path to the location. copy that path and paste it into Windows Explorer address bar, and then you can go up one level and delete the folder. On 11/27/2010 17:29, Emrys Davies wrote: I have Win. 7 Home Premium 64 bit. How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? I only mean ones which I have introduced myself via the browse facility. |
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Deleting category from picture location
This is a complete guess, but try:
Right-click the Taskbar - Properties - Start Menu - clear both boxes under Privacy Let me know if it works! - double minus "Emrys Davies" wrote in message ... I have Win. 7 Home Premium 64 bit. How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? I only mean ones which I have introduced myself via the browse facility. |
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Deleting category from picture location
You said you want to delete one of the categories in the "dropdown". Why
can't you click on it, the category that it is you want to delete? When you do that the directory path for that category will appear in the box right above the images. Another method of finding the directory that is the category is to right click on one of the images in the box and then select properties, the "location" on the general tab contains the path. On 11/28/2010 18:26, Emrys Davies wrote: I honestly do not know what you mean so it is best that we leave it at that unless you would care be more helpful like explaining what you mean by selecting the category entry. I have tried everything in sight and there is no response. Maybe you would like to walk me through this. "Bob I" wrote in message ... You asked: How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? Select the "category" entry. On 11/28/2010 09:49, Emrys Davies wrote: Bob, would you be more explicit. Select which entry? I see no path and it is not for the want of trying. Bob I" wrote in message ... Select the entry, and you will see the path to the location. copy that path and paste it into Windows Explorer address bar, and then you can go up one level and delete the folder. On 11/27/2010 17:29, Emrys Davies wrote: I have Win. 7 Home Premium 64 bit. How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? I only mean ones which I have introduced myself via the browse facility. |
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Deleting category from picture location
I agree entirely with what you are saying about images. I am sorry, but I
have misled you quite a bit in as much that I should have explained from the beginning that I am referring to two empty folders which remain in Desktop Background Picture Location after I deleted their image contents. The empty folders, which as I said originally contained images, were imported to the Desktop Background by me. They do no respond to any clicking and I cannot find a reference to them anywhere, not even in 'regedit'. I cannot even rename them unless I find a source, but hopefully you may be able to help now that I have come clean. "Bob I" wrote in message ... You said you want to delete one of the categories in the "dropdown". Why can't you click on it, the category that it is you want to delete? When you do that the directory path for that category will appear in the box right above the images. Another method of finding the directory that is the category is to right click on one of the images in the box and then select properties, the "location" on the general tab contains the path. On 11/28/2010 18:26, Emrys Davies wrote: I honestly do not know what you mean so it is best that we leave it at that unless you would care be more helpful like explaining what you mean by selecting the category entry. I have tried everything in sight and there is no response. Maybe you would like to walk me through this. "Bob I" wrote in message ... You asked: How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? Select the "category" entry. On 11/28/2010 09:49, Emrys Davies wrote: Bob, would you be more explicit. Select which entry? I see no path and it is not for the want of trying. Bob I" wrote in message ... Select the entry, and you will see the path to the location. copy that path and paste it into Windows Explorer address bar, and then you can go up one level and delete the folder. On 11/27/2010 17:29, Emrys Davies wrote: I have Win. 7 Home Premium 64 bit. How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? I only mean ones which I have introduced myself via the browse facility. |
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Ok, since you removed the contents is more difficult to find location
directly, so pick one of the other categories and use the location from that, the "empty" folders (categories of interest) will be adjacent to the one you start in as they share the same parent directory. So paste that location into Explorer, then move up one level in the directory structure, and look there for the folder that you want to delete. On 11/30/2010 07:45, Emrys Davies wrote: I agree entirely with what you are saying about images. I am sorry, but I have misled you quite a bit in as much that I should have explained from the beginning that I am referring to two empty folders which remain in Desktop Background Picture Location after I deleted their image contents. The empty folders, which as I said originally contained images, were imported to the Desktop Background by me. They do no respond to any clicking and I cannot find a reference to them anywhere, not even in 'regedit'. I cannot even rename them unless I find a source, but hopefully you may be able to help now that I have come clean. "Bob I" wrote in message ... You said you want to delete one of the categories in the "dropdown". Why can't you click on it, the category that it is you want to delete? When you do that the directory path for that category will appear in the box right above the images. Another method of finding the directory that is the category is to right click on one of the images in the box and then select properties, the "location" on the general tab contains the path. On 11/28/2010 18:26, Emrys Davies wrote: I honestly do not know what you mean so it is best that we leave it at that unless you would care be more helpful like explaining what you mean by selecting the category entry. I have tried everything in sight and there is no response. Maybe you would like to walk me through this. "Bob I" wrote in message ... You asked: How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? Select the "category" entry. On 11/28/2010 09:49, Emrys Davies wrote: Bob, would you be more explicit. Select which entry? I see no path and it is not for the want of trying. Bob I" wrote in message ... Select the entry, and you will see the path to the location. copy that path and paste it into Windows Explorer address bar, and then you can go up one level and delete the folder. On 11/27/2010 17:29, Emrys Davies wrote: I have Win. 7 Home Premium 64 bit. How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? I only mean ones which I have introduced myself via the browse facility. |
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As you suggested, I copied the location of another category and pasted it into Explorer and it opened and displayed the photo. Then I looked to 'Move up one level in the directory structure', but I was lost and would appreciate guidance as to how I should progress from here. Incidentally, this is the path I used: C:\Users\Emrys Davies\Pictures\Dog and Cats. It contains image of a dog and three cats. One of the empty folders I want to delete is named Dog and Cats folder. "Bob I" wrote in message ... Ok, since you removed the contents is more difficult to find location directly, so pick one of the other categories and use the location from that, the "empty" folders (categories of interest) will be adjacent to the one you start in as they share the same parent directory. So paste that location into Explorer, then move up one level in the directory structure, and look there for the folder that you want to delete. On 11/30/2010 07:45, Emrys Davies wrote: I agree entirely with what you are saying about images. I am sorry, but I have misled you quite a bit in as much that I should have explained from the beginning that I am referring to two empty folders which remain in Desktop Background Picture Location after I deleted their image contents. The empty folders, which as I said originally contained images, were imported to the Desktop Background by me. They do no respond to any clicking and I cannot find a reference to them anywhere, not even in 'regedit'. I cannot even rename them unless I find a source, but hopefully you may be able to help now that I have come clean. "Bob I" wrote in message ... You said you want to delete one of the categories in the "dropdown". Why can't you click on it, the category that it is you want to delete? When you do that the directory path for that category will appear in the box right above the images. Another method of finding the directory that is the category is to right click on one of the images in the box and then select properties, the "location" on the general tab contains the path. On 11/28/2010 18:26, Emrys Davies wrote: I honestly do not know what you mean so it is best that we leave it at that unless you would care be more helpful like explaining what you mean by selecting the category entry. I have tried everything in sight and there is no response. Maybe you would like to walk me through this. "Bob I" wrote in message ... You asked: How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? Select the "category" entry. On 11/28/2010 09:49, Emrys Davies wrote: Bob, would you be more explicit. Select which entry? I see no path and it is not for the want of trying. Bob I" wrote in message ... Select the entry, and you will see the path to the location. copy that path and paste it into Windows Explorer address bar, and then you can go up one level and delete the folder. On 11/27/2010 17:29, Emrys Davies wrote: I have Win. 7 Home Premium 64 bit. How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? I only mean ones which I have introduced myself via the browse facility. |
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Sorry, but I have not quite go this. In Picture Location I have a folder named 'Dog and Cats' which contains an image which I want to keep. There is also an empty folder in there named 'Dog and Cats folder' which I want to delete, but which does not respond. I copied the 'Dog and Cats' path into Search programs and files and when I opened it I got a picture of the dog and cats with the caption webshots.bmp. In the Address Bar I have HP (C Users Emrys Davies My Pictures Dog and Cats. When I click on My Pictures it opens in a folder which contains the image of the dog and cats. I then r.c. it and delete it as suggested, but I achieved nothing except to temporarily lose my photo. I clearly lost my way, but I am nearly there. "R. C. White" wrote in message ... ?Hi, Emrys. this is the path I used: C:\Users\Emrys Davies\Pictures\Dog and Cats. There are more than one way to move up in the directory tree. In Windows Explorer - and in many other places in Win7 - the Address Bar displays the "bread-crumb trail" that shows the full pathname to "You are Here". Just click on any segment of that trail to go to that level in the tree. For example, if you click on "\Pictures" in your example pathname, you should switch to the directory for the Pictures subfolder. "Dogs and Cats" should be one of the subfolders there. Right-click on "Dogs and Cats" and select "Delete", then confirm that Yes, you really do want to move it to the Recycle Bin (from where it will eventually be permanently deleted if you don't change your mind and restore it before then). Technically, we "delete" files and "remove" folders/directories. But "delete" is the choice on the menu in Windows Explorer, so that's what we use. And remember that "*\Pictures\Dogs and Cats" is not the same file as, for example, "*\Documents\Dogs and Cats"; same filename but in a different folder/directory. Another way to "move up one level" in the tree is to simply press the Backspace key. This works ALMOST everywhere in Windows. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-9/30/10) Windows Live Mail Version 2011 (Build 15.4.3502.0922) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1 RC "Emrys Davies" wrote in message ... As you suggested, I copied the location of another category and pasted it into Explorer and it opened and displayed the photo. Then I looked to 'Move up one level in the directory structure', but I was lost and would appreciate guidance as to how I should progress from here. Incidentally, this is the path I used: C:\Users\Emrys Davies\Pictures\Dog and Cats. It contains image of a dog and three cats. One of the empty folders I want to delete is named Dog and Cats folder. "Bob I" wrote in message ... Ok, since you removed the contents is more difficult to find location directly, so pick one of the other categories and use the location from that, the "empty" folders (categories of interest) will be adjacent to the one you start in as they share the same parent directory. So paste that location into Explorer, then move up one level in the directory structure, and look there for the folder that you want to delete. On 11/30/2010 07:45, Emrys Davies wrote: I agree entirely with what you are saying about images. I am sorry, but I have misled you quite a bit in as much that I should have explained from the beginning that I am referring to two empty folders which remain in Desktop Background Picture Location after I deleted their image contents. The empty folders, which as I said originally contained images, were imported to the Desktop Background by me. They do no respond to any clicking and I cannot find a reference to them anywhere, not even in 'regedit'. I cannot even rename them unless I find a source, but hopefully you may be able to help now that I have come clean. "Bob I" wrote in message ... You said you want to delete one of the categories in the "dropdown". Why can't you click on it, the category that it is you want to delete? When you do that the directory path for that category will appear in the box right above the images. Another method of finding the directory that is the category is to right click on one of the images in the box and then select properties, the "location" on the general tab contains the path. On 11/28/2010 18:26, Emrys Davies wrote: I honestly do not know what you mean so it is best that we leave it at that unless you would care be more helpful like explaining what you mean by selecting the category entry. I have tried everything in sight and there is no response. Maybe you would like to walk me through this. "Bob I" wrote in message ... You asked: How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? Select the "category" entry. On 11/28/2010 09:49, Emrys Davies wrote: Bob, would you be more explicit. Select which entry? I see no path and it is not for the want of trying. Bob I" wrote in message ... Select the entry, and you will see the path to the location. copy that path and paste it into Windows Explorer address bar, and then you can go up one level and delete the folder. On 11/27/2010 17:29, Emrys Davies wrote: I have Win. 7 Home Premium 64 bit. How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? I only mean ones which I have introduced myself via the browse facility. |
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The "empty folder" that you want to remove is "listed in the dropdown"
because Security permissions are set on it so that WMPNetworkSvc has Read permissions. If you R-click on the folder, and select Properties and then the Security tab. You then need to Edit the permissions by removing the WMPNetworkSvc entry. It might also be inherited permissions so in that case you will need to disable the inheritance. The folder itself will not be remocved, it will just not show up in the pulldown anymore. On 12/1/2010 09:06, Emrys Davies wrote: As you suggested, I copied the location of another category and pasted it into Explorer and it opened and displayed the photo. Then I looked to 'Move up one level in the directory structure', but I was lost and would appreciate guidance as to how I should progress from here. Incidentally, this is the path I used: C:\Users\Emrys Davies\Pictures\Dog and Cats. It contains image of a dog and three cats. One of the empty folders I want to delete is named Dog and Cats folder. "Bob I" wrote in message ... Ok, since you removed the contents is more difficult to find location directly, so pick one of the other categories and use the location from that, the "empty" folders (categories of interest) will be adjacent to the one you start in as they share the same parent directory. So paste that location into Explorer, then move up one level in the directory structure, and look there for the folder that you want to delete. On 11/30/2010 07:45, Emrys Davies wrote: I agree entirely with what you are saying about images. I am sorry, but I have misled you quite a bit in as much that I should have explained from the beginning that I am referring to two empty folders which remain in Desktop Background Picture Location after I deleted their image contents. The empty folders, which as I said originally contained images, were imported to the Desktop Background by me. They do no respond to any clicking and I cannot find a reference to them anywhere, not even in 'regedit'. I cannot even rename them unless I find a source, but hopefully you may be able to help now that I have come clean. "Bob I" wrote in message ... You said you want to delete one of the categories in the "dropdown". Why can't you click on it, the category that it is you want to delete? When you do that the directory path for that category will appear in the box right above the images. Another method of finding the directory that is the category is to right click on one of the images in the box and then select properties, the "location" on the general tab contains the path. On 11/28/2010 18:26, Emrys Davies wrote: I honestly do not know what you mean so it is best that we leave it at that unless you would care be more helpful like explaining what you mean by selecting the category entry. I have tried everything in sight and there is no response. Maybe you would like to walk me through this. "Bob I" wrote in message ... You asked: How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? Select the "category" entry. On 11/28/2010 09:49, Emrys Davies wrote: Bob, would you be more explicit. Select which entry? I see no path and it is not for the want of trying. Bob I" wrote in message ... Select the entry, and you will see the path to the location. copy that path and paste it into Windows Explorer address bar, and then you can go up one level and delete the folder. On 11/27/2010 17:29, Emrys Davies wrote: I have Win. 7 Home Premium 64 bit. How do I delete a category from Desktop background picture location dropdown menu? I only mean ones which I have introduced myself via the browse facility. |
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