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Wallpaper Tagging in Vista

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Everyone knows about the Windows Wallpaper section in Vista, which is categorized by tags, unlike the rest of the sections presented in the Wallpaper dialog. This tutorial will go over how to add your own wallpaper to the Windows Wallpaper dialog, and tag it so that it appears under a category. Here’s a YouTube explaining the steps from downloading the wallpaper to adding it to Vista’s wallpaper dialog.

Regular boring tutorial with pictures follows ahead.

Move Your Picture to the Wallpaper Folder

Cut Picture

Right click your picture, and hit Cut (or alternatively drag and drop it into the folder in the next step).

Paste Picture in to C:WINDOWSWebWallpaper

Head over to C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper and right click on a spot and select Paste.

UAC Prompt For Pasting into Wallpaper

You are pointing out Vista’s flaws. Cancel or Allow?

- UAC Prompt in Mac Ad

Click Continue, then authorize it.

Adding Tag "Road" to Wallpaper

Select your picture, then add an appropriate tag. Then hit Save.

Wallpaper Categorized Under "Road"

Head over to the Wallpaper dialog, and see the results of your work. This tutorial originally posted by Sean.

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