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Article ID: 813909 - Last Review: September 27, 2005 - Revision: 4.1
Windows desktop may not appear correctly after exiting "Age of Empires II"
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SYMPTOMS
After you exit Age Of Empires II, the desktop wallpaper may
shrink and appear in the upper left corner of the Windows desktop instead of
appearing in its original size and orientation (like before you started the
game). Additionally, some or all desktop icons may not be visible.
WORKAROUND
Users
who are running Microsoft Windows XP must upgrade to Windows XP Service Pack 2 to resolve this
issue. For additional information about how to download Windows XP Service Pack 2, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Windows 2000 users can follow
these steps to
work around this problem, open the
Display Properties dialog
and change the
Picture Display setting to a different value.
This forces the operating system to redisplay all deskop items in their correct
locations. Each time you exit the game, you have to follow these steps:
- Anywhere on the desktop, right-click and then click
Properties.
- In the dialog box, on the Background tab,
change the wallpaper display style by selecting from the Picture
Display list. For example, you can change the value from
Center to Tile.
- Click the Apply button.
- Change the wallpaper display style back to your desired
setting.
- Click the OK button on the Display
Properties dialog box. You can expect the desktop to display
correctly.
Alternate Workaround
Turn off Active Desktop to prevent this issue from occuring every
time you exit the game.
Note: Turning off (disabling) Active Desktop prevents you from using
some of the desktop wallpaper files that are supplied by Microsoft.
Specifically, any JPEG (.jpg) wallpaper files are not displayed when Active
Desktop is not turned on. You are limited to bitmap (.bmp) wallpapers
only.
To turn off Active Desktop, follow these steps:
- Right-click the desktop. A shortcut menu
appears.
- Select the Active Desktop menu
item.
- Click to uncheck the Show Web Content menu
item.
STATUS
Microsoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
in the "Applies to" section of this article.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
- Microsoft Age of Empires II Gold Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
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