Where does WinXP store the wallpaper photo?

[McPhreak]

If you right-click on a picture on the internet and tell it to set it as your wallpaper, where does Windows XP store that picture (or do they simply save the link?). Thanks.

 

[MuK107]

i think they store it in your temp directory,but if its not there i would just take a screen shot and edit it to how you want the picture if that is what you are trying to do

 

[corkyg]

My XP Pro puts the wallpaper image files in \Windows. When I right click to save an image as *.*, I stash it anywahere temporarily. Then I put it into a format Windows likes for wallpaper, and put it in C:\Windows. Then go to display, Appearance, and make it the background picture . . . a.k.a. wallpaper.

 

[bjb86s]

C:\Documents and Settings\brian\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer

It's a bitmap called "internet explorer wallpaper"

Substitute "brian" for the name of your computer.

At least for Win2000 - but it shouldn't matter what version.