When I was first running FSX I noticed a little info on the right bottom of screen that said something about changing the background for fsx.  No problems.  Fsx ran fine and when I quite fsx it return to my normal theme.

 

The I read in the guide to change the theme to windows classic.  I did and fsx ran fine.  But now I can not do anything with the background.  It doesn't function anymore. Add picture, chg theme etc.  When I try to change the background I only get a back screen.  But I can use the windows classic. I googled this and it appears that if you have a program that has a display change you can't fix this.  I'm sure someone has ran into this before and can tell me the solution.  I don't want to uninstall fsx and install again but I want to be able to control the windows themes.  Help please.

When I was first running FSX I noticed a little info on the right bottom of screen that said something about changing the background for fsx.  No problems.  Fsx ran fine and when I quite fsx it return to my normal theme.

 

The I read in the guide to change the theme to windows classic.  I did and fsx ran fine.  But now I can not do anything with the background.  It doesn't function anymore. Add picture, chg theme etc.  When I try to change the background I only get a back screen.  But I can use the windows classic. I googled this and it appears that if you have a program that has a display change you can't fix this.  I'm sure someone has ran into this before and can tell me the solution.  I don't want to uninstall fsx and install again but I want to be able to control the windows themes.  Help please.

Just use the normal theme, Windows Aero. FSX automatically shuts Aero off when you open it, and it restores to normal after you quit it. There's no need for Windows Classic.

Thats my problem. When I shut off FSX it returns to the windows classic. When I sellect a Aero theme it doesn't work any more. The screen goes black and shows a new unsaved theme black. None of my Aero thems work anymore. Each one will only show a black theme. I ran windows Aero trouble shooter but it didn't fix the problem. Some how FSX seems to have corrupted the Areo themes. I followed the guide to start or restart Aero but it had not effect... This must happen because there is a small section in the quide about it. They need to remove there recommendation from the guide about changing your theme to Basic or classic because once you do, you no longer will have your aero themes available. Now I'm stuck with a black screen which I can't seem to correct. Help please. Black screen is boring. CP

Try going here: Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Performance Information and Tools

 

Then click "Adjust Visual Effects", might be some settings in there causing the problem.

 

Good Luck,

I fixed it. The problem was with what is called 'transcodedwallpaper' . I renamed it to transcodedwallpaper.old. Anyone having this problem, it worked. Thanks for the replies.