--- control-center-2.18.0/capplets/background/gnome-wp-capplet.c.filesel	2007-04-18 10:31:02.000000000 -0400
+++ control-center-2.18.0/capplets/background/gnome-wp-capplet.c	2007-04-18 10:31:18.000000000 -0400
@@ -1086,6 +1086,8 @@
 							       NULL);
   gtk_file_chooser_set_select_multiple (GTK_FILE_CHOOSER (capplet->filesel),
 					TRUE);
+  gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder (GTK_FILE_CHOOSER (capplet->filesel),
+				       "/usr/share/backgrounds");
   gtk_file_chooser_set_use_preview_label (GTK_FILE_CHOOSER (capplet->filesel),
 					  FALSE);