wallpaper slideshow order?

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J. P. Gilliver (John)

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?
 
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Ed Cryer

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
 
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J. P. Gilliver (John)

Ed Cryer said:
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

Joe Morris

J. P. Gilliver (John) said:
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
 
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SC Tom

J. P. Gilliver (John) said:
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/
 
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Yousuf Khan

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
 
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Joe Morris

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
 
J

J. P. Gilliver (John)

In message <[email protected]>, Joe Morris
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

J. P. Gilliver (John)

Yousuf Khan said:
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
I was trying to embrace this new "library" idea that's come with Windows
7. The idea, I thought, was to be able to use things (picture folders in
this case) from assorted different applications, as if they were in
different places. I want(ed) to keep the images with their original
names. But at least one of the third-party suggestions I've had in this
thread will probably do what I want.
 
J

J. P. Gilliver (John)

In message <[email protected]>, "J. P. Gilliver
(John) said:
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.
Got it. Can't see how to change the order though; I added a folder of
(8) pictures, and they appeared in the list. But I can't drag them to
change the order, and the only buttons on offer seem to be add a
picture, add a folder containing pictures, or delete currently selected
picture(s).
 
J

J. P. Gilliver (John)

Joe Morris said:
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
I've now got it. I can't see how to change the wallpaper sequence - even
just the dozen or so sample images it comes with, before I add any of my
own.
 

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