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Retrieve a wallpaper image (on XP)

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Guy72 Posted messages 983 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
brucine Posted messages 24949 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -
Hello,
I have an old laptop that runs on XP. (which I no longer use)
When I open it, I have a background image.
I would like to recover this image, but I don't know where it is located on the PC
I cleared everything on this PC and I didn't find this image.
Could you please tell me where it’s hidden.
Thank you for your help

Configuration: Windows / Edge 99.0.1150.39

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    brucine Posted messages 24949 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 179
     
    Hello,

    The wallpapers are in Control Panel, Appearance and Themes, Change Desktop Background, and are by default located at C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper.

    I can’t remember if it’s a system folder; if so, you need to choose to display them:

    https://www.pcastuces.com/pratique/astuces/1904.htm
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  2. Guy72 Posted messages 983 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   25
     
    I can't find anything.
    I can't take a screenshot, there are defective pixel lines.
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    1. brucine Posted messages 24949 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 179
       
      ?

      If we don't want to take a screenshot (a rather peculiar way to proceed...), the wallpaper image is necessarily located at the path I indicated unless it's an image related to the BIOS (but then before the Windows desktop loads).
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    2. MPMP10 Posted messages 47376 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   18 987
       
      What do you mean?
      On the screen?
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    3. MPMP10 Posted messages 47376 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   18 987
       
      In the first place:
      https://www.pcastuces.com/pratique/astuces/1904.htm
      Then:
      C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft then Wallpaper1.bmp...
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  3. Guy72 Posted messages 983 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   25
     
    Thank you
    Alright, that's good...perfect
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    1. MPMP10 Posted messages 47376 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   18 987
       
      What was the correct solution?
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  4. Guy72 Posted messages 983 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   25
     
    For the tabs, uppercase letters are a good solution.
    For the other applications, the second screen is good (but do we need one? For me, we do), but there's a downside (two screens facing each other).
    We'll see when I receive the magnifying glass.
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    1. MPMP10 Posted messages 47376 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   18 987
       
      Hello,
      And for the last question asked?
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  6. Guy72 Posted messages 983 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   25
     
    OOPS!!!! I sent the wrong message.
    The correct answer is your message 6.
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    1. MPMP10 Posted messages 47376 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   18 987
       
      Thank you for the feedback.
      Have a good Sunday.
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    2. brucine Posted messages 24949 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 179 > MPMP10 Posted messages 47376 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      Hello,

      It's strange, this location is not the default.

      I just went to check my XP installation, all the default wallpapers are where I indicated in <2>.

      Let's copy-paste a personal image on the desktop, choose it as the wallpaper to see if XP saves it in a specific folder: lost, it stays where I put it and there is no new file named Wallpaper or anything else.
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    4. brucine Posted messages 24949 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 179 > MPMP10 Posted messages 47376 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      I understand: I simply note that I have no images in the LocalSettings folders, regardless of the user, and that searching for all images on the disk only leads to the location where I copied the "new wallpaper": for me, it has not been renamed to Wallpaper x nor moved elsewhere, but it is a jpg file.

      Out of curiosity, I copied and renamed the only bmp image in C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper to the desktop, deleted it from there, and then set it as the wallpaper: there, I have the behavior you describe.

      In conclusion, only bmp images are stored in the mentioned location.
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    5. MPMP10 Posted messages 47376 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   18 987 > brucine Posted messages 24949 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      For my part, the topic is resolved...
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