Where does Windows 7 store desktop images?

[The Henchman]

Also how can I add more images to a desktop theme pack so they can rotate more pictures? I wish to have 100 images or more in a single theme.

Thanks!!!

 

[sup3rsprt]

Windows\Web\Wallpaper

You could've used Windows search for this.

 

[Firedoc]

I am aware of C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper, however when I right click an image or photo to preview in Windows Photo Viewer, then right click the photo, one option is to Set as desktop background or I right click a photo/image file in a folder, same option, Set as desktop background and or Preview.

Once I do this, where is that Photo saved to, to be used as the Desktop Background and is it saved as a BMP or JPG or other Format?

I have searched all bmp & jpg C:\Windows for all formats and do not find the image/photo of my current desktop background. So I Print Screen and open in PhotoImpact.

And I agree with XP 32-bit being faster than Windows 7 and even Vista. I am sorry I ever upgraded to Win7 or bought a Laptop with Vista installed. I have been using Windows since 3.0 and several of my other PC's still run XP Home or Pro...however as you would have it, Microsoft does not support 98, ME, than goodness, or XP SP2, only XP SP3 is my understanding.

The biggest annoyance for me with Vista or Win7 is (Not Responding)

Thank you, Doc

 

[WiFi Ed]

Also how can I add more images to a desktop theme pack so they can rotate more pictures? I wish to have 100 images or more in a single theme.

Thanks!!!

I think you can add the pics you want to use to your My Pictures folder, then using Personalization click on Desktop Background, navigate to your Pictures Library and choose the pics you want. Then, click Save Changes.

Back in the main Personalization window click on Save theme, name it, click Save and you're done.

 

[SledgeDG]

The Microsoft themepacks you'll find in a different location: (they're slide shows anyways)
Example the now retired Halloween Theme Eerie Autumn you find under
"C:\Users\<Login>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\Eerie Aut\DesktopBackground\"
And it's perfectly OK to add your own walls or even replace them all. (I have some themes with over 100 walls ..I'm a junkie You might have to number the pics tho.
Edit :you can leave the names unchanged. In that case, Windows plays them in the normal alpha sort sequence.
I use that method because it gives me a slideshow with the pics I like plus I get to use all those different sound schemes.

Windows 7 themes - Microsoft Windows

-DG

 

[Firedoc]

Not all Desktop Background images are stored in

"C:\Users\<Login>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\MyDesktopBackgroundImage\MyDesktopBackgroundImage.theme"

If you open an Image in a Photographic Editing Program, and Export as Wallpaper (centered or tiled) that image then takes the name as piwper01.bmp, piwper02.bmp, piwper03.bmp, etc.

And usually if you open Personalization, Desktop Background, there is a Thumbnail image of the Desktop and listed above are the images C:\Windows

However, this is not always the case when you open Personalization and look at the bottom under Desktop Background, I do not see the thumbnail image, I do see the name piwper with xx number of the image and the image is black, however my desktop has an image visible.

And it may depend on the version of Windows 7, as I run Windows 7 Professional SP1 and Windows 7 Home Premium SP1. Windows 7 Pro, has a Desktop background, shows black thumbnail and file name as piwper04, however I cannot locate that file.

See attachment 1 and attachment 2 is Windows 7 Home, and the desktop background is shown as a thumbnail under is piwper02, and when you click to view Desktop Background you can see the Image, right click Properties and see the Path of this file as C:\Windows file name is piwper02.bmp and it is located C:\Windows

And if I search for piwper02.bmp on the Windows 7 Home, with Folder Options/View Show hidden files, folders, and drives, then search for piwper02.bmp Windows Search will find this file. However not with Windows 7 Pro, cannot find piwper04

Not to mention Windows Search sucks, is slow and should allow the User to search for Folders Only, as a preference, not every dang file & folder containing your search keyword in its path or name.

And Windows Search should have a drop down Option to select Search Categories as by Time Created, along with naturally the Date, and how many people know every file size.

And the Search window drops down and shows Add a search filter, however you cannot type/create a Filter, only select from "A Long Time ago" "Earlier this year" "Earlier this month" "Last week" "Earlier this week" or "Yesterday"

Just my 2 Cents....Doc

 

[Corazon]

The current user's wallpaper can be found in:

C:\Users\your username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\TranscodedWallpaper.jpg

 

[Greg S]

The current user's wallpaper can be found in:

C:\Users\your username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\TranscodedWallpaper.jpg

Good answer. Also if it's a custom theme, the theme file can have a heading in it that points to a custom desktop image which is contained inside of the custom theme resources folder, as in

[Control Panel\Desktop]
Wallpaper=%SystemRoot%\Resources\Themes\Vista VS\img36.jpg

 

[robin77]

The current user's wallpaper can be found in:

C:\Users\your username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\TranscodedWallpaper.jpg

THANKS! exactly the Info that I needed.

 

[stewl]

answer not true for me -

at the location specified in the answer I am replying to, all I see is the standard windows logo image, NOT the image that is currently showing on the desktop.
I set it by clicking on a photo and selecting "set as background"

so where is it?

 

[Bongo]

at the location specified in the answer I am replying to, all I see is the standard windows logo image, NOT the image that is currently showing on the desktop.
I set it by clicking on a photo and selecting "set as background"

so where is it?

Welcome to the Seven Forums
After setting your image as the background did you Save the theme, if not that is why you do not see your image in C:\Users\your username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\TranscodedWallpaper.jpg if you save it it should be there.
Jerry

 

[Jaca Roe]

Windows\Web\Wallpaper

You could've used Windows search for this.

I love how the first rule of the forums is:

1) Rudeness, insults, racial/hate slander, flaming, attacks, stalking, and trolling will not be tolerated.

but when I stumbled across this forum looking for an answer to a serious question, this troll was the first thing I saw.

I was having the same issue as the OP, and found that just because I rearranged/added/subtracted pics from a theme, did not a new theme make.

All that having been said, thanks to SledgeDG for providing a sincere answer to a sincere question.

And hey, uh, sup3rsprt? I know that belittling others behind your computer screen probably makes you feel elite and important, but the simple truth is Windows Search, along with Windows Help are some of the MOST unreliable forms of assistance in the universe. Much less so, and less consistently so, than Google, which is what I used to finally find SledgeDG's answer.

So you keep using Windows proprietary methods to find your answers, the rest of us will find methods that actually WORK.

And while I am aware that I probably just toasted my membership here by further breaking RULE 1, if I don't get to post here again, just know that I'm thankful for the few good answers I did get, even though I did register simply for the opportunity to let sup3rsprt how wrong he was.

At the end of the day, I really am a nice gal, even if I do let my bitch side show from time to time.

 

[blackadam]

More details

Windows\Web\Wallpaper

You could've used Windows search for this.

Not exactly but indirectly. To be more precise, if you're looking to keep all your desktop wallpapers in one place and fully utilise the slideshow function, they should all be kept in:
C:\\Windows\Web\Wallpaper

When you install a theme, it sets the wallpapers in a different location and then you can't incorporate them into the slideshow as they're not in the same folder as the desktop backgrounds, i.e. the wallpaper folder. In order to keep the functionality of both, I simply located the Theme desktop backgrounds and copied them into C:\\Windows\Web\Wallpaper folder while leaving the originals in place. You can find the location of the related backgrounds to the themes by using the Personalization function in Control Panel, then click on the theme, then on Desktop Background (at the bottom of the window), then it should reveal all the wallpapers for that theme and the location. Then just go there and copy and paste them to the wallpaper folder.

Easy

The other thing is, as most people know this who've already located the theme backgrounds, we should be helping those who've got no idea how to find "Hidden Files and Folders". If you haven't made hidden files and folders visible, you probably won't be able to navigate to anything in the AppData\ folder because it's HIDDEN! To make it visible go to: Control Panel>Folder Options>Click the "view" tab>in Hidden files and folders, click the radio button *show hidden files, folders and drives>click apply/ok then go searching!