JPeG Paper

JPeG Paper

This program will take a JPeG file and make it your current wallpaper.

Usage:
jpegpaper JPGFILE

This program requires paper.exe and djpeg.exe which can be found in the zip files paper_21.zip and libjpeg.zip, both of which can be found below.

This Batch file attempts to determine if you are running an NT platform such as Windows NT/2000/XP, and if so stores your converted wallpaper in your profile, otherwise it stores it in your windows directory.

This program allows you to set a JPeG as a wallpaper without turning Active Desktop on. Paper was written by me, and it's home page is http://mcsuper5.freeshell.org/paper/. Libjpeg was initially from the Independent JPEG Group at http://www.ijg.org/ , but I couldn't find a precompiled download, so the files are off my own system. Install the exe's and libjpeg.dll in your path, or modify the script.

Michael J. Chappell
July 3, 2007
mcsuper5@freeshell.org

I was playing around with MS Windows 3.1 in VirtualBox and had to troubleshoot why jpegpaper wasn't working correctly. I had renamed it to jpg2wall.bat to conform with the 8.3 filenaming convention. I found a 16 Bit DOS version of IJG's JPeG Tools on a simtelnet archive: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/mirror/archive/ftp.sunet.se/pub/simtelnet/msdos/graphics . Unfortunately, I can't seem to get the programs to chain in Windows 3.1. You can still manually select paper.bmp.

The easiest way to use the programs is to select the file in "File Manager", go to File->Run, and insert jpg2wall at the beginning of the line. Make sure it is in your path first.

Michael J. Chappell
June 8, 2016
mcsuper5@freeshell.org 
      Name                    Last modified      Size  Description
      Parent Directory                             -   
      jpegpaper.bat           2007-07-03 06:43  628   
      jpg2wall.bat            2016-06-07 18:07  628   
      paper_21.zip            2007-07-03 04:38   18K  
      libjpeg.zip             2007-07-03 06:43  160K  Unknown on Win2K
      jpeg6_b.zip             2016-06-07 17:59  192K  DOS 16 Bit
      jpeg6b32.zip            2016-06-07 17:59  199K  Win 32
      jpegsr6.zip             2016-06-07 17:59  745K  Source for jpeg6b
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