Control Panel: Desktop Pattern/Color Scheme Not Saved (59666)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft Windows 3.0a
This article was previously published under Q59666

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.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/7/2005
Keywords:KB59666
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