"Eric D." wrote: > > PICT is no longer a preferred format (hasn't been for years). It's a legacy > format now only supported because it was the dominant Apple picture format > for years. JPEG, TIFF or even GIF are by far the better choice for graphics > on the Mac! Well I must have all corrupted JPEGs then because none of them work! I transferred copies of the 8.6 desktop pictures from a system disk that is working to the 7200 and they still don't work. At one point they did not show up in the File Open dialogue - folder names but no files! > > As for the Desktop Picture preferences -- if your picture did work before > and not now it means that a file was corrupted. I highly doubt it was a > virus (there simply aren't that many Mac ones out there). I don't suspect a virus either. Is it possibe that something in the Finder itself that is corrupt? > > Run Apple's Disk First Aid (Utilities folder) and see what it says. It may > find some odd-ball quirk. You could also try running Tech Tool Lite (a free > download from <http://www.download.com>). If you have Norton Utilities run > Disk Doctor and it should catch any corrupt files. I've run Tech Tools Pro, Norton and Disk First Aid - all checks out OK. Martin A. Users can subscribe to the List by sending an email to <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field Users can unsubscribe from the List by sending an email to <muglo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field Users must send messages or replies to <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> All messages are archived so that you can view them at any time by going to <//www.freelists.org/archives/muglo> Problems concerning use of the FreeList should be sent to <paulthomas@xxxxxxx> Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/