Recover windows 7 desktop image?

BrokenArrows · 22-08-2010 02:48PM #1

I had an image on the background which i created myself.
When i booted the computer today it was just on a black background.

After looking for the original i could not find it.

Will windows have stored this image elsewhere when i set it as a background?

JonathanAnon · 22-08-2010 02:49PM

BrokenArrows wrote: »

I had an image on the background which i created myself.

Have you any idea what you named the file as? I assume it was a jpg? you could try searching the hard disk for it.

BrokenArrows · 22-08-2010 03:07PM

No idea what it was called.
I use both jpg and png images and it was a very long time ago so ive no idea where i had it originally saved.

Ive tried searching for it but no joy.

JonathanAnon · 22-08-2010 09:23PM

Well if it just suddenly disappeared, have you tried the recycle bin in case you deleted it?

your desired user name · 22-08-2010 09:28PM

Maybe try a system restore

YellowDog · 23-08-2010 08:48AM

Hi,

you could try searching in the following location:

c:\Users\"username"\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes

I took an image from a removable hdd, copied it to 'My Pictures', set it as desktop backround and then deleted it from 'My Pictures'. The image remained as desktop wallpaper. I then browsed the contents of the folder mentioned above and found my image named as 'TranscodedWallpaper.Jpg'

Hope this helps,

J

BrokenArrows · 23-08-2010 01:07PM

YellowDog wrote: »

Hi,

you could try searching in the following location:

c:\Users\"username"\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes

I took an image from a removable hdd, copied it to 'My Pictures', set it as desktop backround and then deleted it from 'My Pictures'. The image remained as desktop wallpaper. I then browsed the contents of the folder mentioned above and found my image named as 'TranscodedWallpaper.Jpg'

Hope this helps,

J

Bingo..it was there.
Thanks.

Enter Username · 24-08-2010 04:53PM

For future reference, a handy way to find files that have been misplaced is to open the advanced windows serch options - specify a rough date range for when you think the file was created/modified and do a search for *.*

From this you will be able to list all file from that period and it should be in there.

Recover windows 7 desktop image?

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