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Old June 23rd 18, 06:09 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Arlen Holder
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Default Photos at start of Win 10

On Sun, 24 Jun 2018 00:05:11 +0800, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

On 6/24/2018 12:02 AM, Ken wrote:
I know this is not very important, but it is a curiosity.* When Windows
10 starts a photo is shown before the desktop appears.* These photos
change frequently.* Some of the photos are stunning, and I wonder where
they were taken.* Is there a site or way of fining out where they were
taken?


https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...0-959bd1dfd5e1


I generally don't bother with purely cosmetic changes in an OS, but I feel
the OP's curiousity is a good one to flesh out, together, if we can.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5016-change-lock-screen-background-windows-10-a.html

Googling further, I find this article:
Where were the windows 10 lock screen photos taken?
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/windows-10-lock-screen-photos-taken/
Where it gives the same answer that was just previously posted.
(Windows 10 (version 1607 or newer)

Building upon that answer, I find you can "see" the current Spotlight lock
screen by running this command: Windows Key + L
https://www.tekrevue.com/tip/find-windows-spotlight-lock-screen-images-windows-10/

Further building upon that answer, I always wondered if everyone sees the
same lock-screen "spotlight" images based on the date, or locale, or
whether that Spotlight images is simply random.

Since I set my background to a solid black (for editing & energy efficiency
reasons), I thought I had noticed the lock-screen settings set to
"Spotlight" but I didn't dig deeper at the time.
Start Settings Personalization Lock screen
Background = Windows spotlight
Show lock screen background picture on the sing-in screen = On (default)

I just now googled for where those images are stored & this gave 1 answer:
Where are Wallpapers and Lock Screen images stored in Windows 10
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/wallpapers-lock-screen-images-windows-10
RMB-Start Run %WINDIR%\Web\Screen\

The funny thing is that I've seen *different* lock screens, I thought, than
those. Hmmmmm..... so I looked for *more* places for that lock screen.
https://www.intowindows.com/download-windows-10-spotlight-lock-screen-pictures/
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentD eliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets\

Where, if you like, you can rename those Microsoft images to save them,
according to this article which says "What you˘re left with will be a
mixture of images, plus some assorted junk files that are used by the lock
screen."
move Assets c:\tmp\.
cd c:\tmp\.
ren *.* *.jpg
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-save-the-windows-10-lock-screen-images-you-like-1768783711

BTW, each Windows version seems to have slightly different locations:
https://www.askvg.com/windows-10-wallpapers-and-lock-screen-backgrounds/

Windows 10 Preview Builds:
%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.ContentDeliveryM anager_xxxxxxxx\LocalState\Assets\
Windows 10 Final Version:
%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentD eliveryManager_xxxxxxxx\LocalState\Assets\
Windows 10 Preview Builds:
%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.ContentDeliveryM anager_xxxxxxxx\LocalState\Assets\
Windows 10 Final Version:
%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentD eliveryManager_xxxxxxxx\LocalState\Assets\

Where that article says the files are updated by Microsoft every time you
log into Windows, when they said:
"PS: I think the images are downloaded from Microsoft server and are
dynamically changed at every login."

I wonder if those JPEG images are automatically *rotated* into the
%WINDIR%\Web\Screen\ folder?

Aha! This article says "Microsoft adds and removes these at its whim"!
https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/find-windows-10-lock-screen-pictures

Googling further, we find this related folder:
RMB-Start Windows PowerShell (Admin)
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\SystemData\
https://mergy.org/2016/05/fixing-the-windows-10-pre-login-background-screen/

Hmmmm... but I couldn't open that folder for read access no matter what I
tried, so, this might be a gpedit.msc issue only someone who knows what
he's doing like Paul is might know how to resolve:
http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_systemdata.jpg
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