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Finding my customer lock screen image

Anonymous
2023-05-29T17:08:30+00:00

Some years ago I got an extra wide monitor. I found an image I liked, and made it the background when the system is locked. That was at least a couple of generations of Windows ago. I have thousands upon thousands of jpeg files on the computer. I would like to find the jpeg file that is my locked screen background. When I open the Personalization > Lock Screen page in the Settings app I see the picture, along with some that look like they came with Windows. Right-clicking shows me nothing. Obviously Windows knows where it is, but I can't see any way for Windows to tell me where it is. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-05-29T17:19:09+00:00

    Hi Roy,

    The recent Windows Spotlight lock screen images are stored in the following folder:

    C:\Users{username}\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets

    Ref: How to Save Windows 10/11 Spotlight Wallpapers

    Copy all the files in that folder to a temp folder on your desktop.

    Add the .JPG extension to those files and preview each one. One of them is your current lock screen wallpaper.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-05-29T18:07:38+00:00

    Thanks for the reply.

    I had followed essentially the same instructions I found in another message. I tried it again. When I reached the folder I sorted on file size. The file I am looking for will not be small. I copied the two largest files - 139 KB and 127 KB - to a new folder, added the extension as instructed, and looked at them. They were rather small images, nowhere near the 2560 x 1080 of the image I am looking for.

    I am still hoping to find it.

    Thanks again!

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-06-02T12:07:16+00:00

    Hi Roy,

    Great, thanks for the update. Was the image file located under "Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets" or some other folder?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-06-02T11:59:24+00:00

    Thank you for trying to help. We can close this one out. I finally found the original photo from which the lock screen image was derived, so I no longer need to solve the mystery of where the lock screen image is stored. Here is what it looks like scaled to 10%.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-06-02T04:06:45+00:00

    Hi Roy,

    If the spotlight image is still on the computer, please post a screenshot of the miniature image (via Settings > Personalization > Lock Screen). Let me try to get the high-res image for you.

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