Windows 10: W10 Welcome Screen Picture

This is rather weird......two laptops, running same version, same build......on the ''upstairs'' one everything is fine........on the ''downstairs'' one, it won't work......I am still getting the seascape picture......both have exactly the same settings.......what's going on ?........Del.

 

Nope, Can't work this one out at all, I did wonder if it was a Windows update thing, as the problem started a couple of week ago, after both machines updated, and these stupid pictures started appearing......both laptops are up to date, both with same updates.......one starts up with my own picture, the Hero screen, one with either the seascape, or those lantern things.........WHY ??........Del.

 

Hi Del,
Well, I had the feeling that sometimes Windows was not saving the settings. It means, it changed things but next time the "old" settings came back.
I do not know what to suggest you, may be to boot in safe mode, try to do changes there, otherwise retry it after next normal boot.

 

Adalwar, Thanks for that......just tried it again, on second laptop....and....it has worked !!......no picture on welcome screen, just the hero wallpaper, very strange.....will mark it solved again......for now........Del.

 

Oh dear........This morning BOTH laptops have resorted back to the seascape picture on the welcome screen......I give up.......for the time being, unless anyone has the answer ?.........Del.

 

Navigate to C:\Windows\Web\Screen, take Ownership of those images, delete them then put your own native resolution .jpg image in there named img100.jpg









Problem solved!

Loosely based on this tutorial:

Lock Screen Default Background Image - Change in Windows 8

 

Well, if it helps to diagnose what's going on, the Seascape is a local file placed on your PC at install: C:\Windows\Web\Screen\img100.jpg. If you can't get it to stop showing pictures from this folder you could usefully set it to use C:\Windows\Web\Screen\img105.jpg which is just a pale blue background.

The 'stupid Halloween lamps' of the OP on the other hand were download off the web by Windows Spotlight (and would have been changed regularly if you'd left it 'as is'). One (and only the one) of my accounts acquired the same lock screen after I did an in-place reinstall of the AU.

 

Actually, most of the Spotlight photos are a lot better than that one. For those (not the OP, obviously) who would like to keep a copy before Windows Spotlight refreshes its store of photos, they're to be found in...
C:\Users\owner\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalSt ate\Assets
...but be warned, they're not immediately recognisable as photos. They have a 64 character random filename with no extension. Copy the larger files (the ones over 400k) and give the copies a .jpg extension to see them properly (the smaller ones are for phones).

 

There are some pretty nice ones from time to time! *Smile

Get those pics easy:

Create a new folder on your desktop, name it Pics, then run the following in an Admin Powershell:

Get-ChildItem -Path $env:localappdata\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets | Copy-Item -dest {"$home\desktop\pics" + $_.BaseName + ($i++) +".jpg" }

 

O.k....... I see the file containing the pictures.......how do I take ownership of them, so that I can delete them ??

 

I too cant get my much loved picture to stay on the welcome screen. Every time I change it and think I've cracked it next time I boot up that awful 'cave' picture comes back. I read somewhere that this is a glitch in the anniversary upgrade and we'll have to wait for a patch. Hope it comes soon. In the mean time I'll have to put up with it or enter my password each time and see my picture as that is still on the log in screen!

 

Take Ownership - Add to Context Menu in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

 

As I understand it, your PC/user is actually configured for Automatic login and you get the 'Cave-beach' picture on the 'Welcome' screen at each startup or restart.
Maybe what worked for me can help you also (the only difference is : I do not have a "much loved picture" background but prefered a full plain color background in my Settings) : have a look at How To Change Sign-in/Login Screen Background Picture In Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

 

Background Pictures now gone, thanks to Brink's tutorial on the issue.......Del.

 

Many thanks to all the above help. I have finally got rid of that awful 'cave' and got my login and welcome screens showing my fav pic. I had to change all kinds of permissions to get there. TrustedInstaller was a new one on me. With each Win upgrade we seem to have less and less control. Who would have thought it would take me 3 hours of frustration to delete one picture and install my choice! Thanks again folks for all your help and keep up the good work!!