Solved Where are wallpapers stored?

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I dowloaded a wallpaper by right-clicking on the image and selecting use image on desktop. I want to download a few more, but I don't see them in Personalize.
 
They should probably be saved in the location you downloaded them to.

Go to that location and apply the wallpaper from there...then go to personalize and see if it sees those as well.

Which browser were you using?
 

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The brower is Opera. I didn't notice the image in Desktop Backgrounds < Personalize because it is an icon and not a thumbnail. Why is it an icon? When I open the image from Pictures, I get:

Windows Photo Viewer can't open this picture because either Photo Viewer doesn't support this file format, or you don't have the latest updates to Photo Viewer.
 
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My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self assembled
OS
Windows 10 Home 64Bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 10400 @ 2.90GHz
Motherboard
Intel Corporation DG41WV (PROCESSOR)
Memory
8.00GB Single-Channel Unknown @ 1329MHz (16-20-20-38)
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
DELL E170S
Screen Resolution
1280x1024 pixels
Hard Drives
931GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 (SATA)
238GB TEAM TM8PS7256G (SATA SSD)
Case
Nothing Fancy
Cooling
Fans
Keyboard
A4 Tech Co LTD
Mouse
A4 Tech Co Ltd/Logitech
Internet Speed
25 Mbps
The brower is Opera. I didn't notice the image in Desktop Backgrounds < Personalize because it is an icon and not a thumbnail. Why is it an icon? When I open the image from Pictures, I get:

Windows Photo Viewer can't open this picture because either Photo Viewer doesn't support this file format, or you don't have the latest updates to Photo Viewer.

You should do what koolkat77 said to do in post #2 and use the Save image then you will get a Save as window and make sure it is saving it as a .jpg and put it in a folder in a known location, I have mine in a wallpaper folder in my documents.
Bright_green_tree_-_Waikato.jpg (2592×1944) - Opera.pngSave As.png

When you use the Use Image on Desktop in Opera it does not save it as a .jpg it saves it as a .bmp and corruptes it's and Opera also saved it in my C:\Users\Jerry\Pictures folder. That is why you did not see it in the photo viewer because Opera saved it as a .bmp and corrupted it.
Desktop Background.png


After you have saved all the pictures in the same folder in that known location, once you are in Personalization go to Desktop Wallpapers click on the Browse button and navigate using the little arrow buttons and drill down to the known folder location where you saved all the pictures and then click OK.
Jerry
Personalization.pngDesktop Background2.pngBrowse For Folder.png
 

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Sager NP9170
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Win 7 Pro x64 / Win 10 Pro
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Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz
Motherboard
CLEVO P170EM
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12 GB
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(1) Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 (2) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M
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(1) Realtek High Definition Audio (2) Intel(R) Display Aud
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17.3
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1920x1080
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Backlite
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Firefox
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MEMORY: Kingston HyperX 2x4 GB.
GPU: Nvidia Geforce 650 TI.
PSU: Corsair TX750.
DRIVES: (1) Samsung 840 120 GB SSD (2) Western Digital blue 500 GB 7200 RPM.
I may be wrong to do mine this way..
I save mine in my photos to a folder I named Backgrounds and Walls.
Using Windows XP Sp3
 

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8GB DDR3
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XXXXX
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XXXXX
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Multi Gesture Touchpad
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USB - portable mouse... I added this
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Avast
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I E 10
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I see nothing about Motherboard info.
I'm not sure about Sound Card
Ports :(3) USB 2.0, (1) HDMI, (1) VGA, (1) Headphone out, (1) Microphone in, (1) Ethernet LAN

•Fast Wi-Fi wireless and wired Gigabit Ethernet networking
•HDMI output
•Kensington lock slot
I have no idea what all this actually means
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