Surely many users have noticed that they automatically change the wallpaper for the Windows 10 lock screen. Among them there are often very beautiful landscapes that they would like to see on the desktop all the time, and not just when unlocking the PC. First of all, it should be said that a special function is responsible for automatic loading and changing of wallpapers - Windows spotlight, or in Russian “Windows: interesting”.
If you still do not have it enabled, then you need to activate it in the Settings -\u003e Personalization -\u003e Lock screen -\u003e Background section:
After some time, a sufficient number of images will accumulate in the operating system, from which you can already select the pictures you like and set yourself as your desktop wallpaper.
To get pictures from "Windows: Interesting", first of all, you need to open the explorer window and go to the tab View, here we find the tile " Show or hide", In the list that appears, check the two items" File name extensions"And" Hidden elements»:
Open drive "C" and find the folder Members:
C: \\ Users \\ UserName \\ AppData \\ Local \\ Packages \\ Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy \\ LocalState \\ Assets
Or you can just copy this path to the address bar of the window and press Enter:
% LOCALAPPDATA% \\ Packages \\ Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy \\ LocalState \\ Assets
As a result, a folder with files without an extension will open, these are the images from the Windows lock screen. In order to turn them into full-fledged pictures, you need to rename the files by adding the extension .jpg:
Immediately after renaming, you can view the pictures in the usual way, as well as set them as your desktop wallpaper:
Also, for faster export of pictures from "Interesting", we suggest using a ready-made.vbs script - (0.01 MB)
Download the archive and run the spotlight_images.vbs file
With it, all files from the Assets folder are automatically renamed to JPG images and added to a separate directory on the desktop:
This method is completely safe and very convenient, because saves a lot of time. Please note that not all images in the new folder have previews, these files are not images and are not suitable for use.
The idea of \u200b\u200bhow to save images from the Windows 10 lock screen came to me after I saw some really beautiful images. I began to search and understand in this direction, and everything worked out for me. I think that it will be interesting for you to find out, since many pictures (images) there can really be considered masterpieces (my personal opinion). Today I will tell you how to do this.
How to download pictures from the Windows 10 lock screen
It is actually relatively simple and does not require any specific skills. Following a very simple instruction - you will definitely succeed!
Press the keys on the keyboard Win + R and in the opened window “ Execute»Enter the following (you can just copy and paste there:
% LOCALAPPDATA% \\ Packages \\ Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy \\ LocalState \\ Assets
And press " Enter"Or just click the button" OK«.
Here are our pictures. They are without "expansion". In order not to break anything here, you need to select all the files and copy them to any other directory. For example, create a folder on your desktop called "win10_lockscreen" and copy all these files there.
Now we need to set the extension " jpg“In order not to rename each file separately, we will do it in bulk.
After copying, open this folder, CLAMP button SHIFT on the keyboard and press PKM (right click) in any free space in the folder. In the context menu that appears, select the item " Open command window»
In the command line window that opens, enter:
Ren *. * * .Jpg
and click " Enter»
That's all. Now these files can be easily viewed by photo viewers.
Conclusion
Maybe this is not the only way to get pictures from the Windows 10 lock screen, then this method is quite a working one. If you know another method on how to do this, write in the comments and we will definitely add it here to the instructions.
If something doesn't work out for you - write, we'll try to figure it out together.
Setting the wallpaper for the desktop is a fairly simple topic, almost everyone knows how to set or change the wallpaper on the Windows 10 desktop. All this, although it has changed in comparison with previous versions of the operating system, but not enough to cause significant difficulties.
But some other nuances may not be so obvious, for example, how to change the wallpaper of Windows 10 that is not activated, set up an auto-change wallpaper, why the quality of photos on the desktop is lost, where the default wallpapers are stored, and whether it is possible to install animated wallpapers on the desktop. wallpaper.
How to set (change) the Windows 10 desktop wallpaper
The first is how to set your own image or picture to your desktop. To do this, in Windows 10, you just need to right-click on an empty space on the desktop, and then select "Personalization".
In the "Background" tab of the personalization settings, select "Photo", and then - a photo from the available list, or, by clicking on the "Browse" button, set your own image as the desktop wallpaper.
In addition to other settings, there are options for wallpaper in the "Stretch", "Expansion", "Fill", "Tile", "Fit" and "Center" tabs. If the photo does not match the aspect ratio of the screen or the resolution, then you can adjust the wallpaper to a more acceptable form using the above options, but it is better to find a wallpaper that matches the screen resolution.
Here, the first problem may arise: if something is wrong with the activation of Windows 10, the message "You need to activate Windows to personalize your computer" appears in the personalization settings.
But in this case, it is possible to change the wallpaper on the desktop:
1. Select any image on your PC, right-click on it and select "Set as desktop background".
2. There is a similar function in Internet Explorer: if you open an image in this browser and right-click on it, you can use it as a background image.
So even if the system is not activated, you can still change the desktop wallpaper.
Automatic wallpaper change
Windows 10 has support for slideshows on the desktop, that is, the automatic change of wallpapers from the ones selected by the user. To use this opportunity, in the personalization parameters, in the "Background" tab, select "Slide Show".
After that, you can set the following parameters:
- A folder that contains the desktop wallpaper that can be used.
- The interval for automatically changing the wallpaper.
- The order and type of arrangement on the desktop.
Where is the Windows 10 desktop wallpaper
One of the frequently asked questions regarding the functionality of desktop images in Windows 10 is the location of the standard wallpaper folder on a PC. The answer is not very clear, but for some it may be useful.
1. Some standard wallpapers, including those used for the lock screen, can be found in the C: \\ Windows \\ Web \\ folder, in the Wallpaper and Screen subfolders.
2. The TranscodedWallpaper file, which is the current desktop wallpaper, is located in the C: \\ Users \\ username \\ AppData \\ Roaming \\ Microsoft \\ Windows \\ Themes folder. The file has no extension, however, in fact, it is a simple jpeg, i.e. you can independently substitute the extension .jpg to the name of this file and open it with any program.
3. If you go to the registry editor of Windows 10, then in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER \\ SOFTWARE \\ Microsoft \\ Internet Explorer \\ Desktop \\ General you can see the WallpaperSource parameter, which indicates the path to the current desktop wallpaper.
4. Wallpapers from the themes are located in the C: \\ Users \\ username \\ AppData \\ Local \\ Microsoft \\ Windows \\ Themes
Desktop wallpaper quality
One of the common complaints from PC users is the poor quality of the wallpaper. The reasons for this may be:
- Not matching the resolution of the wallpaper and the screen. Those. if the monitor resolution is 1920 × 1080, then you need to use the wallpaper of the same resolution, without using the options in the settings of the wallpaper parameters "Stretch", "Fill", "Extend", "Fit".
- Windows 10 will recode wallpapers that were in good quality, compressing them to Jpeg in its own way, which leads to a decrease in quality.
To prevent the wallpaper from losing quality when installed in Windows 10 (or not significantly losing it), you can change one of the registry settings that determines the jpeg compression settings.
1. Go to the registry editor (Win + R, enter regedit) and go to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER \\ Control Panel \\ Desktop section
2. Right-click on the right side of the registry editor and create a new DWORD parameter named JPEGImportQuality
3. Double-click on the newly created parameter and set it to a value from 60 to 100, where 100 is the maximum image quality (without compression).
Close the registry editor, restart the computer or restart the explorer and reinstall the wallpaper on the desktop to display in good quality.
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Customizing your desktop wallpaper is a pretty simple theme, almost everyone knows how to put wallpaper on the Windows 10 desktop or change it. All this, although it has changed in comparison with previous versions of the OS, but not in a way that could cause significant difficulties.
But some other nuances may not be obvious, especially for novice users, for example: how to change the wallpaper on an unactivated Windows 10, set up automatic wallpaper change, why do desktop photos lose quality, where they are stored by default, and is it possible to make animated wallpapers on Desktop. All this is the subject of this article.
How to set (change) the Windows 10 desktop wallpaper
The first and the simplest is how to set your own picture or image on your desktop. To do this, in Windows 10, just right-click on an empty space on the desktop and select the "Personalization" menu item.
In the "Background" section of the personalization settings, select "Photo" (if the choice is not available, since the system is not activated, information on how to bypass this is further), and then - a photo from the proposed list, or by clicking on the "Browse" button set your own image as your desktop wallpaper (which can be stored in any folder on your computer).
Among other settings, the wallpaper layout options are "Expand", "Stretch", "Fill", "Fit", "Tile" and "Center". If the photo does not correspond to the resolution or aspect ratio of the screen, you can make the wallpaper look more pleasant using the above options, but I recommend just finding a wallpaper that matches your screen resolution.
The first problem may also await you: if not everything is in order with the activation of Windows 10, in the personalization settings you will see a message that "To personalize your computer, you need to activate Windows."
However, in this case, you have the option to change the desktop wallpaper:
So even if your system is not activated, you can still change your desktop wallpaper.
Automatic wallpaper change
Windows 10 supports desktop slideshows, i.e. automatic change of wallpapers among those chosen by you. To use this feature, in the personalization options, in the "Background" field, select "Slide Show".
After that, you can set the following parameters:
- The folder containing the desktop wallpaper that should be used (when selecting, it is the folder that is selected, that is, after clicking "Browse" and entering the folder with images, you will see that it is "Empty", this is the normal operation of this function in Windows 10, the contained wallpaper will still show on the desktop).
- The interval for automatically changing the wallpaper (they can also be changed to the following ones in the right-click menu on the desktop).
- The order and type of arrangement on the desktop.
Nothing complicated and for some of the users who are bored all the time contemplating the same picture, the function can be useful.
Where are Windows 10 desktop wallpapers stored
One of the frequently asked questions regarding the functionality of desktop images in Windows 10 is where is the standard wallpaper folder on the computer. The answer is not entirely clear, but it may be useful for those interested.
These are all the main locations where Windows 10 wallpapers are stored, except for those folders on your computer where you store them yourself.
Wallpaper quality on your desktop
One of the frequent complaints from users is the poor quality of the wallpaper on the desktop. The reasons for this may be the following:
- Wallpaper resolution does not match your screen resolution. Those. if your monitor has a resolution of 1920 × 1080, you should use a wallpaper in the same resolution, without using the "Expand", "Stretch", "Fill", "Fit" options in the wallpaper settings. The best option is "Center" (or "Tile" for a mosaic).
- Windows 10 will recode wallpapers that were in excellent quality by compressing them to Jpeg in their own way, resulting in poorer quality. This can be bypassed, see below for how to do it.
To ensure that when setting wallpaper in Windows 10, they do not lose quality (or lose not so much), you can change one of the registry settings, which determines the jpeg compression settings.
- Go to the registry editor (Win + R, enter regedit) and go to the section HKEY_CURRENT_USER \\ Control Panel \\ Desktop
- Right-click on the right side of the Registry Editor to create a new DWORD value named JPEGImportQuality
- Double click on the newly created parameter and set it to a value from 60 to 100, where 100 is the maximum image quality (without compression).
Close Registry Editor, restart your computer, or restart Explorer and reinstall your desktop wallpaper to display it in good quality.
The second option to use high quality wallpaper on your desktop is to replace the file TranscodedWallpaper in C: \\ Users \\ username \\ AppData \\ Roaming \\ Microsoft \\ Windows \\ Themes your original file.
Animated wallpaper in Windows 10
The question about how to make live animated wallpapers in Windows 10, put video as the desktop background is one of the most frequently asked by users. In the OS itself, there are no built-in functions for these purposes, and the only solution is to use third-party software.
From what we can recommend and what exactly works - the DeskScapes program, which, however, is paid. Moreover, the functionality is not limited only to animated wallpapers. You can download DeskScapes from the official website http://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/
This concludes: I hope you found here something that you did not know about the desktop wallpaper and that turned out to be useful.
Have you been using a new operating system for a long time, but still have no idea where are the pictures used for the lock screen in Windows 10? Today we will touch upon this issue and several related ones, for example, how to pull off the desired picture for yourself.
During their work in the top ten, users noticed that the operating system periodically changes the screen saver of the lock screen. Sometimes there are very beautiful pictures that you want to use as your desktop background.
Only for this you need to find out where these images are stored. Advanced users even tried to find all the graphic files stored in the directories of the system volume, but in vain, the necessary images were never found. Why it so happened that the search did not find the necessary files, we will consider below.
It happens that the display of pictures is deactivated in the settings (this is especially true for fans of assemblies aimed at maximum performance of Windows 10). You can enable them, select the displayed photo, play pictures in the form of a slideshow, and even change the catalog with the required photos as follows.
- Open the "Options" menu using the Win + I keyboard shortcut.
- Go to the personalization section.
- We make the "Lock Screen" tab active.
- As the first option "Background" set "Windows: Interesting".
You can check if everything looks as intended by pressing Win + L, which will bring up the lock screen.
After selecting "Photo", you will be able to replace the background from the lock screen in Windows 10, and the "Slideshow" option will allow you to specify several pictures or directories with graphic files that will be used as slides.
Save the graphic file from the lock screen to your collection
Any image that is suggested to be set as the background of the lock screen is stored in the user directory along the path - C: \\ Users \\ Your_User_Name \\ AppData
\\ Local \\ Packages \\ Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy \\ LocalState \\... Find the "Assets" folder here and open it.
One nuance! It may not be possible to see the AppData directory just like that, since it is a system one, and therefore has the "Hidden" attribute. By default, such objects of the file system are not displayed in the standard explorer window, but it is not at all difficult to fix it with literally a single mouse click.
1. Open the explorer window Win + E or through a shortcut.
2. Call the main menu item called "View".
3. Check the box "Hidden items".
The same is done through the "Folder options".
1. We call the item "Change the parameters of folders and search."
2. In the "View" tab, move the switch next to the last option to the "Show hidden files and folders" position.
After that, you can open the "Assets" folder, where the lock screen pictures in Windows 10 are located.
You can't just look at a single picture, unless you open the image viewer and drag a file with a long name, which is a set of characters, into its window.
All these files are images, but without an extension, and to view them, add its extension - jpg to the end of the file. The absence of these symbols is the reason why Windows 10's search engine was unable to find graphics files used as wallpapers for the lock screen.
If one photo is renamed quickly, then manually changing the names of several dozen documents takes a long time. Let's see how to change the file extension in batches.
1. Copy all images to a directory that will be located in a directory different from the system folder.
2. Rename all files to any name you like, and set the images to ".jpg" format.
Now you can switch the way of visualization of directory elements to "Large icons" or "Sketches" and select the necessary pictures or delete unnecessary ones.
