wallpaper slideshow order?

I have just done battle with the wallpaper picture sequencer. I thought
(I wanted to include some of their rather nice pictures as well as my
own, since they're there) that it was actually a good place to use the
new "library" concept, so I put my pictures in the folder that was
linked into the pictures library, and added C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper
into that library too (that's where the pictures are, though I don't
think I'd ever have found them without a hint from one of the guide
books recommended here recently: just searching for .jpg files didn't
find them).

I then discovered (eventually: the error window telling me so was behind
other things) that "you can't add system folders to a library", or
something like that. So I went looking for a system attribute to turn
off, but it doesn't work like that; changing (about two levels down in
properties) that particular folder's _owner_ from SYSTEM to
Administrators finally did the job. (Yes, I know you shouldn't tamper
with system files, but a few wallpapers files shouldn't matter, I
thought.)

So I've got all the pictures in the changer, and can select or deselect
individual ones.

But, of course, I can't change the _sequence_: all the pictures from any
one folder come up one after the other, whereas I'd like to be able to,
for example, interleave them.

I did try my old friend Panorama32, which has worked from Windows 95 on;
it seemed to install fine under 7, but doesn't work (it builds an -
editable - list of images, and counts down, but when it passes 0 the
wallpaper doesn't change. I didn't really expect it to work - it is
_very_ old software.)

So: is it possible to change the _order_ in the wallpaper slideshow?
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

They say no one rehearses any more, and I suppose if your output is all scenery
and sick cats you don't need to. - Victoria Wood, Radio Times, 1998

On 21/08/2011 17:19, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
> I have just done battle with the wallpaper picture sequencer. I thought
> (I wanted to include some of their rather nice pictures as well as my
> own, since they're there) that it was actually a good place to use the
> new "library" concept, so I put my pictures in the folder that was
> linked into the pictures library, and added C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper
> into that library too (that's where the pictures are, though I don't
> think I'd ever have found them without a hint from one of the guide
> books recommended here recently: just searching for .jpg files didn't
> find them).
>
> I then discovered (eventually: the error window telling me so was behind
> other things) that "you can't add system folders to a library", or
> something like that. So I went looking for a system attribute to turn
> off, but it doesn't work like that; changing (about two levels down in
> properties) that particular folder's _owner_ from SYSTEM to
> Administrators finally did the job. (Yes, I know you shouldn't tamper
> with system files, but a few wallpapers files shouldn't matter, I thought.)
>
> So I've got all the pictures in the changer, and can select or deselect
> individual ones.
>
> But, of course, I can't change the _sequence_: all the pictures from any
> one folder come up one after the other, whereas I'd like to be able to,
> for example, interleave them.
>
> I did try my old friend Panorama32, which has worked from Windows 95 on;
> it seemed to install fine under 7, but doesn't work (it builds an -
> editable - list of images, and counts down, but when it passes 0 the
> wallpaper doesn't change. I didn't really expect it to work - it is
> _very_ old software.)d
>
> So: is it possible to change the _order_ in the wallpaper slideshow?

I went through that palaver some months ago, and I got just what I
wanted eventually from Google Photos Screensaver, set with Collage view.

Ed

In message <j2rble$uqf$>, Ed Cryer
<> writes:
>On 21/08/2011 17:19, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
[]
>> So: is it possible to change the _order_ in the wallpaper slideshow?
>
>I went through that palaver some months ago, and I got just what I
>wanted eventually from Google Photos Screensaver, set with Collage view.
>
>Ed
>
Thanks. I guessed there might be some modern equivalent of panorama32,
given that the built-in offering - which ought to have rendered any such
unnecessary - is so clunky.

Hang on, though - you said Screensaver; I'm after a wallpaper changer.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

They say no one rehearses any more, and I suppose if your output is all scenery
and sick cats you don't need to. - Victoria Wood, Radio Times, 1998

"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <> wrote:

> I did try my old friend Panorama32, which has worked from Windows 95 on;
> it seemed to install fine under 7, but doesn't work (it builds an -
> editable - list of images, and counts down, but when it passes 0 the
> wallpaper doesn't change. I didn't really expect it to work - it is _very_
> old software.)

Have you tried free Second Nature (www.secondnature.com) wallpaper changer?

Joe

"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I have just done battle with the wallpaper picture sequencer. I thought (I
>wanted to include some of their rather nice pictures as well as my own,
>since they're there) that it was actually a good place to use the new
>"library" concept, so I put my pictures in the folder that was linked into
>the pictures library, and added C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper into that library
>too (that's where the pictures are, though I don't think I'd ever have
>found them without a hint from one of the guide books recommended here
>recently: just searching for .jpg files didn't find them).
>
> I then discovered (eventually: the error window telling me so was behind
> other things) that "you can't add system folders to a library", or
> something like that. So I went looking for a system attribute to turn off,
> but it doesn't work like that; changing (about two levels down in
> properties) that particular folder's _owner_ from SYSTEM to Administrators
> finally did the job. (Yes, I know you shouldn't tamper with system files,
> but a few wallpapers files shouldn't matter, I thought.)
>
> So I've got all the pictures in the changer, and can select or deselect
> individual ones.
>
> But, of course, I can't change the _sequence_: all the pictures from any
> one folder come up one after the other, whereas I'd like to be able to,
> for example, interleave them.
>
> I did try my old friend Panorama32, which has worked from Windows 95 on;
> it seemed to install fine under 7, but doesn't work (it builds an -
> editable - list of images, and counts down, but when it passes 0 the
> wallpaper doesn't change. I didn't really expect it to work - it is _very_
> old software.)
>
> So: is it possible to change the _order_ in the wallpaper slideshow?

Not that I've seen. This might work. I haven't tried it on a Win7 system,
but it works well on WinXP.

http://johnsadventures.com/software/backgroundswitcher/

--
SC Tom

In message <>, Joe Morris
<> writes:
>"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <> wrote:
>
>> I did try my old friend Panorama32, which has worked from Windows 95 on;
>> it seemed to install fine under 7, but doesn't work (it builds an -
>> editable - list of images, and counts down, but when it passes 0 the
>> wallpaper doesn't change. I didn't really expect it to work - it is _very_
>> old software.)
>
>Have you tried free Second Nature (www.secondnature.com) wallpaper changer?
>
>Joe
>
>
I hadn't heard of it, but it seems to be a screensaver.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Never be a musical snob. It's all there to be enjoyed. - Sir Malcolm Sargent

In message <j2rrkl$f91$>, SC Tom <> writes:
>
>"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <> wrote in message
>news:...
[]
>> I did try my old friend Panorama32, which has worked from Windows 95
>>on; it seemed to install fine under 7, but doesn't work (it builds an
>>- editable - list of images, and counts down, but when it passes 0
>>the wallpaper doesn't change. I didn't really expect it to work - it
>>is _very_ old software.)
>>
>> So: is it possible to change the _order_ in the wallpaper slideshow?
>
>Not that I've seen. This might work. I haven't tried it on a Win7
>system, but it works well on WinXP.
>
>http://johnsadventures.com/software/backgroundswitcher/
>
Well, it says "It will work happily on all 32 and 64-bit versions of
Windows from Windows 98 onwards (except Windows 7 Starter Edition).",
and looks to be what (or rather more than) I'm after, so I'll give it a
try; thanks.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Never be a musical snob. It's all there to be enjoyed. - Sir Malcolm Sargent

On 21/08/2011 12:19 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
> So: is it possible to change the _order_ in the wallpaper slideshow?

Have you tried naming the pictures sequentially? Such as
"001_pictureB.jpg", "002_pictureA.jpg", and "003_pictureC.jpg"?

I typically play my background pics in random order anyways.

Yousuf Khan

"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <> wrote:
> Joe Morris writes:
>>"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <> wrote:

>>> I did try my old friend Panorama32, which has worked from Windows 95 on;
>>> it seemed to install fine under 7, but doesn't work (it builds an -
>>> editable - list of images, and counts down, but when it passes 0 the
>>> wallpaper doesn't change. I didn't really expect it to work - it is
>>> _very_
>>> old software.)
>>
>>Have you tried free Second Nature (www.secondnature.com) wallpaper
>>changer?

> I hadn't heard of it, but it seems to be a screensaver.

It's both a screensaver and a wallpaper changer. Second Nature will gladly
sell you (for a quite reasonable price) some beautiful images in a
proprietary format, but you can also add your own BMP and JPG files.

Joe

In message <>, Joe Morris
<> writes:
[]
>>>Have you tried free Second Nature (www.secondnature.com) wallpaper
>>>changer?
>
>> I hadn't heard of it, but it seems to be a screensaver.
>
>It's both a screensaver and a wallpaper changer. Second Nature will gladly
>sell you (for a quite reasonable price) some beautiful images in a
>proprietary format, but you can also add your own BMP and JPG files.
>
>Joe
>
>
Ah, thanks; the website didn't make that clear (to me, anyway). John's
Background Switcher
(http://johnsadventures.com/software/backgroundswitcher/) that someone
else kindly mentioned also looks good.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

What's a Radio 4 listener without a pedantic and pointless grammar fetish?