Xp Wallpaper Location

[Francoise Witsell]

InWindows 10 this no longer works. It only returns the first image in the folder, it does not change with the backgrounds as they transition. I need a similar command that returns the path(s) to the current image on the desktop background(s) that actually works in Windows 10 if one exists.

Note: The file TranscodedWallpaper in Path 2 does not have a file extension. Use "Open With" or "How do you want to open this file?" dialogue box and select any image viewer, such as, "Windows Photo Viewer" or the "Photos" app.

To decode the registry key and view the image in Windows Explorer, you may follow the instructions listed on ElevenForum.com or use Notepad to save the vbs code mentioned below in a .vbs file and run it.

Note on 3rd party apps

When 3rd party apps like John's Background Switcher are used to manage desktop backgrounds (which I used on my older Win10 PC), they typically provide an option to view the current/previous desktop background (if set by the app itself). Check the app's help file to know more.

Windows 10 Personalize Settings shows 5 wallpapers used recently, IF THE ORIGINAL FILES STILL EXIST but, if you set your wallpaper using the Windows 10's Photos app, a copy of the image will be kept in this location (only 1 photo will be kept):

If the directories do not exist, It's most likely that for each version of Windows, the Photos app version might be different so mind the trailing characters in this folder name: Microsoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe, look around and in the parent directory (%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\) and you will find the folder related to the Photos app Microsoft.Windows.Photos_RandomCharacters. My version of Windows 10 is 1803.

You don't explain exactly what is the FINAL purpose of this, so I can give some tips here based on a guess: you want to change your wallpaper in certain conditions (for example, one wallpaper every time you restart your computer) or to use a custom file as wallpaper.

If you want to build your own CMD script, this might be unreliable IF you set the wallpaper not from Windows but from an external program. For example, if I see a nice image in my browser, I set it as wallpaper directly from there. Same for IrfanView. I can easily name another 10 popular programs that could change the wallpaper to a custom path.

Note that some programs are changing the wallpaper without actually writing a file to disk. This can be done by hooking to the Microsoft Windows Desktop window and drawing directly on its canvas. This is how GIF/AVI animations are drawn on desktop.

The solution (if I guessed your problem correctly) would be to use a program like John's Background Switcher or BioniX Desktop Background Changer. The latter is much more customizable and can be controlled via command line. It also has auto-detection to detect the best way to resize the image (fill/fit/tile). BioniX can also draw GIF without writing anything to disk (as explained above).

Run is a command dialog app with which you can access folders and files in Explorer. You can find the file for the wallpaper currently on your Windows desktop with a couple of alternative commands. One command will bring up the folder that includes the background, and the other will enable you to open the image in editing software. This is how you can find your desktop wallpaper with both Run commands:

The Run commands above will only find the wallpaper currently on your desktop. However, Windows slideshow themes have multiple wallpapers. If you have a wallpaper slideshow theme set, you can find all its background image files by opening the folder that includes them as follows:

PowerShell is a useful command-line shell app for many things. You can find your wallpaper within PowerShell by executing a joint command that shows its full folder path. This is how you can find your wallpaper with that command:

The registry also includes some strings that store the path locations of previously set desktop wallpapers. So, you can find the locations of previously set backgrounds with those strings. To do so, go to the wallpaper registry key:

Try out the new Desktop Wallpaper Location option on the right-click menu. Click an area of your Windows 11 desktop with the right mouse button and select Show more options. Select the Desktop Wallpaper Location option on the classic menu. That shortcut with bring up the DesktopBackground directory for your theme or one of the subfolders within the Wallpaper folder.

As you might know, every version of Windows comes with many default wallpaper images for users. You can set these images as your background for your desktop. Although there are a variety of wallpapers that you can download from websites, still many people want to use the Windows 10 wallpaper.

If you want to use the Windows 10 default wallpaper as a background on an older version of Windows or on another computer, you need to find the actual location of these files. Windows 10 usually stores the background picture in the C:WindowsWeb folder by default. Here is a quick guide for you.

Step 2. Type the %localappdata%MicrosoftWindowsThemes text in the search bar and hit Enter. After a moment, the themes files or folder will be shown in the subdirectory and you can open the folders to find your desired themes.

Step 3. Find the value name Wallpaper and TranscodedImageCache from the right pane. Double click the 2 value key file, and then you will find the file path of your Windows wallpaper location and copy the Value data.

Hey my weather and astronomy wallpapers are not working, but the location services are turned on. I've turned my phone off and on again. I tried toggling "precise location" too and it didn't change anything. iOS version 16.0.2.

#2 - If you go to HD / Application Support / com.apple.idleassetsd / Customer / I get this. No "Desktop pictures" that I see. Does anyone else see Desktop pictures?? No, I don't think so...........neither do I so where-o-where did Apple hide the Desktop pictures that are supposed to be integrated into this obfuscated OS Sonoma?

Okay, in the Library there was no folder named "Desktop Pictures", I created that folder and downloaded an image, and pasted it there. Now I am not able to find it in Settings > Wallpaper. I know I can set the wallpaper from that folder, right-click on the image and Set Desktop Picture, but was curious how to do that from Settings > Wallpaper.

I created a folder in Pictures and put what I want as Wallpaper in that. I then go to the desktop and right click on it "Change Wallpaper". In the Wallpaper app I choose #Add Folder or Album" and choose the folder in Pictures that I created with the photos that I create earlier. I also choose "Fill Screen"

Almost all parts of macOS are now on a locked volume that is not user-accessible. This isn't new with Sonoma, I don't believe. It's a security measure. Some people are okay with it; some are not. But as the operating system belongs to Apple, they will do what they will do.

Since OS Ventura. I can't imagine anyone who has been a Mac user for any length of time being pleased with Ventura/Sonoma - again, the most confusing, counter-intuitive operating systems Apple has ever dumped out on the public. Oh yes, "Apple will do what they will do"............and once loyal Apple customers "will do what they will do" which could very possibly be not buy another Apple product.............

I've been using Apple computers since before Macs, the Apple IIe, to be exact. I liked Ventura and I like Sonoma. I find them as easy to use as most versions of macOS and far easier to use than the early versions of Mac OS. I mean, who wants to go back to Multifinder or troubleshooting extension conflicts? Okay, ResEdit was fun as long as you didn't do something stupid but people so often did.

I'm not sure if it's the same on older systems, but on ICS it appears to save directly to /data/data/com.android.settings/files/wallpaper. I set mine from the browser, pulled that file, then changed it to a .png extension and voil - it was the image I had set.

I was annoyed by the exact same problem, so I have programmed an app that automatically saves your wallpapers and your live wallpapers too. It makes it easy to revert to a previous wallpaper. It is called Wallpaper Saver, by Appdictive, and it's free in the Play Store. (It does not require root access.)

The location of the stock wallpapers is in an apk file that you should find on your device at /system/framework/framework-res.apk. Pull that file to your computer and then browse its internals. A search for a file with wallpaper in its name should prove fruitful.

Copy the images with high size (maybe more than 80 KB since they got a quality) and paste them into a folder that is not in a root directory. (Just copy it to your "Downloads" folder or to your SD card)

However, you can also use an app to fetch it, and all it needs is storage permission (why? because Google decided it). Here's one app that can do it, that I've created, which can also backup other things:

Firefox only stores the header and footer image files of the currently selected Persona in the profile folder.The image files of other installed Personas are loaded from the server when you select a different Persona via "Add-ons > Appearance".If the image files are missing or can't be retrieved then you only see the text and background colors as specified in the data of the Persona.

Firefox places Persona images as lightweighttheme-header and lightweighttheme-footer in the Firefox profile folder (xxxxxxxx.default).The images will be resized and copied to the lwtheme folder and you need to delete the files in this folder to make Firefox use a new Persona.Set the lightweightThemes.usedThemes pref to make Firefox use the Persona images.

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