To find the location of Windows wallpaper images, open File Explorer and navigate to C:WindowsWeb.

There, you’ll find separate folders labeled Wallpaper and Screen.

The Screen folder contains images for the Windows 8 and Windows 10 lock screens.

Where does Windows 10 Store current wallpaper?

In Windows 7 the wallpaper was usually found in %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\TranscodedWallpaper . In Windows 10 you will find it in %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\CachedFiles .

Where are Windows background pictures taken?

1 Answer. You can find the description of the photo by going to “C:\Users\username_for_your_computer\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes” and then selecting the picture and going to its properties. It should contain information on where the photo was taken.