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Locate Wallpaper
Name: Gruffy Date: October 1, 2005 at 19:57:21 Pacific OS: XP Home CPU/Ram: P3 1.3
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Hi Does anyone know where the wall papers are stored on the HDD? I had this pic that I had set as my wall paper. I edited the original pic and accidently saved it on the original. Now the only copy of the original is the one on the wallpaper. Where would it be stored that I can recover the original? Thanks
Name: Gruffy Date: October 1, 2005 at 20:08:50 Pacific
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Thanks for the reply. I did. But there are only the Windows wall paper in that folder
Response Number 3
Name: Chuck 2 Date: October 1, 2005 at 20:10:24 Pacific
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Try Right click Desktop, then Properties, then Desktop tab, then "Browse..." button.
That should display the location of the currently displayed picture.
Response Number 4
Name: Chuck 2 Date: October 1, 2005 at 20:21:43 Pacific
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Seems to me that if you edited the original pix, then the wallpaper will change to the edited one when you restart you computer. ????
Response Number 5
Name: Gruffy Date: October 1, 2005 at 20:24:51 Pacific
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Browse takes me to My Docs, but the file is not there. Thanks
Response Number 6
Name: Gruffy Date: October 1, 2005 at 20:29:50 Pacific
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Hi Chuck2, no the wall paper is still the original.
Response Number 7
Name: Chuck 2 Date: October 1, 2005 at 20:40:28 Pacific
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I think that a picture file that in any other folder, other than My Pictures, will not be shown as a picture, but as another Icon.
Or may be that it is not shown because it was edited.
If you edited it, and saved as the original, then original is gone. -kiss bye-bye ?? :(
Response Number 8
Name: Chuck 2 Date: October 1, 2005 at 20:42:43 Pacific
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You restarted your computer, and the orginal is still there ??
Response Number 9
Name: Gruffy Date: October 1, 2005 at 20:48:35 Pacific
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Yes. Actually the original was in my USB HDD, which is not connected to the PC all the time
Response Number 10
Name: Gruffy Date: October 1, 2005 at 20:51:41 Pacific
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Since the original pic is still displayed as the wallpaper, it should be stored somewhere on the PC, as a background file?
Response Number 11
Name: Chuck 2 Date: October 1, 2005 at 20:56:25 Pacific
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Another way would be... back at the Desktop tab, in the Background list your current picture file name is highlighted. Do a SEARCH for that file name.
Response Number 12
Name: Gruffy Date: October 1, 2005 at 20:59:20 Pacific
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Tried that - no luck :(
Response Number 13
Name: Chuck 2 Date: October 1, 2005 at 21:10:07 Pacific
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Maybe a hidden file ??
In Windows Explorer or Control Panel, click Tools in the Menu bar, click Folder Options, click View tab, in Advanced Settings list, find and check mark "show hidden files and folders"
while your at it, uncheck "hide extensions for known file types" -------------- Running out of ideas. At 61, this brain needs more thinking time. Will check back some other time.
Response Number 14
Name: Gruffy Date: October 1, 2005 at 21:21:55 Pacific
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Thanks for you time and help Chuck!
Response Number 15
Name: Chuck 2 Date: October 2, 2005 at 10:22:12 Pacific
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Hello Gruffy-
I have done some more checking on my Compaq computer. I have found that my wallpaper is at three locations:
My Pictures, C:\WINDOWS, and C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper
That is about it as for extra information.
Response Number 16
Name: XpUser Date: October 2, 2005 at 11:09:46 Pacific
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Chuck,
Perhaps this article may give Gruffy further clues. Beside BMP, the wallpaper extension could be JPG, GIF, JPE, DIB, PNG, and even HTM. If nothing else work, try look into the folder of the editor program used.
i_XpUser
Response Number 17
Name: Gruffy Date: October 2, 2005 at 14:26:35 Pacific
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Hi Guys Tried all that - still no luck.
Response Number 18
Name: dsbal Date: October 2, 2005 at 20:43:03 Pacific
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C:\Documents and Settings\Your user name\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Wallpaper1.bmp
"We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about 'and'." - Sir Arthur Eddington 1882-1944
Response Number 19
Name: Gruffy Date: October 4, 2005 at 17:50:57 Pacific
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Thanks dsbal, I found it! :-)
Response Number 20
Name: dsbal Date: October 6, 2005 at 19:16:04 Pacific
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You're welcome!
"We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about 'and'." - Sir Arthur Eddington 1882-1944
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