XP Pro - latest updates break My Pictures Folder

[gregD]

I've always had My Documents on its own drive/partition.

Favourites (not used), My Music, My Videos and My Pictures.

Yesterday, I went to change a background, and lo and behold, rundll32.exe would hang (Display Properties/Desktop Tab).

And only, this tab.

Not only that, I'd lost the ability to right click an image and select Set as Background, it simply wasn't there.

???

I'd installed a new game (Chaos Theory), didn't make sense that a game would do that, right?

Still, out it came, no change.

Still couldn't change the background.

I restored my original image (all updates - at the time, and all drivers). All was well.

Okay then, reinstall here we come.

All drivers and SP2 (slipped) - forgot the updates.

No problem.

Tab was accessible.

Install all the updates.

I change the location, and boom, Desktop Tab would hang.

I revert to the image, bingo, no problem.

I install Powertoys, change the My Pictures location, boom... tab inaccessible.

I move the folder back to its default location, bingo.. tab would work.

I move it manually (via regedit), tab wouldn't work.

I revert, no problem.

???

Ideas?

Resolved

A freakin' jpg!!!

No a virus, nor a trojan... a worm or malware. A bloody jpg.

Grrr

Edited September 6, 2005 by gregD

[smsmasters]

I get this problem too, **** it. How do I fix this?