I want a borderless image on my desktop

Sometimes I would like to put a borderless image on my desktop. In real life
if I were to drop a photograph the size of a postage stamp onto my wooden
desktop, it would just BE there. By contrast, on a Windows Vista desktop it
is surrounded by the border and toolbars of its containing graphics utility,
and the best I have managed so far uses Microsoft Office Picture Manager -
see:
http://www.abovepar.f2s.com/resources/smallpic.png
It is such an obvious need there MUST be a way, but it eludes me. Some of
the skin views in Windows Media Player get close to the idea, but really all
I want is to be able to open a completely borderless image on my desktop and
drag it around, to be able to toggle whether or not it is On Top, and to
close it without deletion.
Doug

"Doug" <> wrote in
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> Sometimes I would like to put a borderless image on my desktop. In
> real life if I were to drop a photograph the size of a postage
> stamp onto my wooden desktop, it would just BE there. By contrast,
> on a Windows Vista desktop it is surrounded by the border and
> toolbars of its containing graphics utility, and the best I have
> managed so far uses Microsoft Office Picture Manager - see:
> http://www.abovepar.f2s.com/resources/smallpic.png
> It is such an obvious need there MUST be a way, but it eludes me.
> Some of the skin views in Windows Media Player get close to the
> idea, but really all I want is to be able to open a completely
> borderless image on my desktop and drag it around, to be able to
> toggle whether or not it is On Top, and to close it without
> deletion. Doug
>

I don't know of a way to display photos exactly the way you are
describing.

But you can use the Slideshow gadget to make a semi borderless
slideshow of your pictures on your desktop.

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:07:51 -0000, "Doug"
<> wrote:

>Sometimes I would like to put a borderless image on my desktop. In real life
>if I were to drop a photograph the size of a postage stamp onto my wooden
>desktop, it would just BE there. By contrast, on a Windows Vista desktop it
>is surrounded by the border and toolbars of its containing graphics utility,
>and the best I have managed so far uses Microsoft Office Picture Manager -
>see:
>http://www.abovepar.f2s.com/resources/smallpic.png
>It is such an obvious need there MUST be a way, but it eludes me. Some of
>the skin views in Windows Media Player get close to the idea, but really all
>I want is to be able to open a completely borderless image on my desktop and
>drag it around, to be able to toggle whether or not it is On Top, and to
>close it without deletion.

Fuggedaboudit

Use Apple QuickTime.
--
Best regards,
Andre Da Costa
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com

"Doug" <> wrote in message
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> Sometimes I would like to put a borderless image on my desktop. In real
> life if I were to drop a photograph the size of a postage stamp onto my
> wooden desktop, it would just BE there. By contrast, on a Windows Vista
> desktop it is surrounded by the border and toolbars of its containing
> graphics utility, and the best I have managed so far uses Microsoft Office
> Picture Manager - see:
> http://www.abovepar.f2s.com/resources/smallpic.png
> It is such an obvious need there MUST be a way, but it eludes me. Some of
> the skin views in Windows Media Player get close to the idea, but really
> all I want is to be able to open a completely borderless image on my
> desktop and drag it around, to be able to toggle whether or not it is On
> Top, and to close it without deletion.
> Doug