Control Panel: Desktop Pattern/Color Scheme Not Saved

Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
Article ID: Q59666

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a

SYMPTOMS

After you modify your Microsoft Windows desktop, the custom patterns and color schemes aren't saved when you exit Windows.

CAUSE

The Windows Control Panel saves its Desktop patterns and custom color schemes in a file called CONTROL.INI. However, it does not verify that information was successfully written to the file. Therefore, if CONTROL.INI is missing, corrupted, or marked Read-Only (perhaps on a read-only network directory), color schemes and desktop patterns are lost.

RESOLUTION

Verify that CONTROL.INI is valid and that it can be written to.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 3.0. This problem was corrected in later versions of Windows.

KBCategory: kbtool
KBSubcategory: win30
Additional reference words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a

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Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
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