I had a picture as my desktop then one day it was gone and the "active desktop recovery" white screen came up instead. I've tried getting rid of malware by running trendmicro housecall in hopes that it will let me restore my desktop but it didnt. when I tried to change my desktop to a new picture it wouldnt even let me choose the (none) option in the display settings. it wont let me click on anything in that column or the "stretch" drop down box next to it. all I can change is the solid background color. what do I have to do in order to get the background to display the image? as the labtop starts up it shows my desktop picture but then goes straight to the white background with the "restore active desktop" screen. Bria

Found this in another forum: 1. Right click on your desktop 2. Select Properties 3. Select the themes tab 4. Pick a different theme from your list 5. Click apply the desktop message goes away 6. Reselect your current theme 7. Click apply "If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction

ive tried all of it before.. i finally figured out how to get it back... i installed and ran "malwarebytes' anti-malware" and it worked. Bria