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The original poster is seeking a way to use animated SWF files as desktop backgrounds in Windows 8, similar to how they did in Windows XP, and questions if they can enable this functionality or Reactivate Active Desktop. A respondent links to an article discussing the changes to desktop customization in Windows 8, implying that native support for such animated backgrounds was removed or altered. Overall, the thread highlights the loss of straightforward animated desktop options in Windows 8 and suggests looking into alternative solutions or workarounds.
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Dan Adams

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I just switched from a much older laptop with winXP where I always used simplistic animated .swf files as the desktop background. I cannot do this in Windows 8's personalize section. It won't recognize html or swf as valid background files. Is there a way I can fool the 'control panel' into allowing this? It will allow gif files, but they don't animate.

Basically, what happened to Active Desktop, and can I reactivate it?
 

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