Windows 10: How to Save Personal Photo from Lock Screen

I have this fantastic photo as the lock screen of my laptop, but I can't find the file location on my computer. It is a photo that I uploaded to my computer several years ago and not a stock Microsoft image. I figure, if it's the current lock screen for when I enter my PIN to get into the laptop, it must exist somewhere on the machine. I found a similar question for how to find the location of a background image instead of a lock screen image with a very good answer https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...ckground/ee95bc7a-4d25-47e8-bafd-25c72deb4fc5. The solution for this question was to enter %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\CachedFiles into the file explorer address bar. That worked to find the photo that is my desktop background. I'm wondering if someone can please help me do something similar to find my lock screen photo. It's of my late great aunt flipping off the camera and I really want to find it.

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Lock screen photo

Hi,





To change the
lock screen photo, follow these steps:

• 
  Go to
  Settings.
  
• 
  Choose
  Personalization.
  
• 
  On the left side of the screen, click on
  Lock screen.
  
• 
  In the
  Background, change it to
  Picture.
  

Let us know how it goes.



Regards.

 

Changing lock screen photos

Hi Kirk,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. We understand the inconvenience caused and will assist you.

I suggest you to follow the steps provided below and check if it helps.

• Navigate to Start>Settings>Personalization.
• In the left navigation pane, click on Lock screen.
• In the right pane, select Pictures from the drop down list under
  Background.
• Select the picture from the list or click on Browse to select your saved images and set as lock screen image.

Hope this helps. Keep us posted on the status for further assistance.

 

Windows lock screen background images

Thanks found the photo I was looking for in the list that app got!