Windows 10: Location for windows 10 installed background image files

Hi. Since updating to win 10 creator, I can no longer find the image files that windows offers to customise the desktop background. I used to personalise them by photoshopping my family into the scenes but the files now seem to be hidden. Incidentally, I was blown away by the stuff Stephanie has done and has got me thinking about starting from scratch, but one step at a time

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why can't I make my background show pictures

Where are the files located? The Windows 10 RTM Personalization has (needless) troubles with certain locations such as network and network-area/synchronized locations. What happens when you try to select them, such as by right-clicking upon an image
and choosing "Set as desktop background"?

 

Windows 10 lock screen image is not changing

When i install windows 10. Image100 was the default image for my lock screen and login screen background too. Then i changed my lock screen background with another image which was located in pictures library of windows and it works perfect till i change
lock screen background image to slideshow.

Slideshow runs after a minute or two when i lock my PC. But when i power-on or press any key on lock screen, it changes background and shows my previous image background. Even i delete the image from pictures library.

Isn't it is error of windows?

 

The standard images supplied with Windows 10 for the desktop (and lock screen) are in the sub-folders of C:\Windows\Web.

If you are going to make custom images for the desktop, it is best to leave the images in C:\Windows\Web unaltered, instead take copies of them and save them to another folder under your Pictures folder (say, 'Wallpaper'). You can modify these copies without fear of loosing them later. When choosing the desktop wallpaper you can browse and use images from any folder, not just the stock images supplied by Microsoft.
Change Desktop Background in Windows 10

The C:\Windows\Web folder is part of the Windows installation, as such its contents may be cleared and/or changed by an upgrade.

If the upgrade to Creators has removed your modified images from Web, they may be found under Windows.old for the next 10 days after the upgrade, after which Windows.old will automatically be deleted.

 

Hi Bree. Thanks for quick response. The pictures that I want (footpaths) appear in a themes album that I am using at the moment but they are not in windows\web.

 

Try looking in %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes