Desktop Background

przybyjj · 09-23-2009, 11:37 AM

Where can I find the location of the picture that is currently being used as my desktop in Windows 98? I would like to copy it down to a floppy.

Thanks.

**blah789** · 09-23-2009, 03:54 PM

Usually C:\Windows\Web, C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper, or C:\Windows
Current one's probably listed in the registry. Can't recall where though.

**TheOutcaste** · 09-24-2009, 03:52 PM

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop | Wallpaper entry will list the path to the current wallpaper.

przybyjj · 09-28-2009, 05:05 PM

Yup! That's where it was - good memory!

Thanks.

09-23-2009, 11:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
przybyjj Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6 OS: XP	Desktop Background Where can I find the location of the picture that is currently being used as my desktop in Windows 98? I would like to copy it down to a floppy. Thanks.

09-23-2009, 03:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
blah789 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,284 OS: Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP3	Re: Desktop Background Usually C:\Windows\Web, C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper, or C:\Windows Current one's probably listed in the registry. Can't recall where though.

09-24-2009, 03:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
TheOutcaste TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 815 OS: MS-Dos 6.22 - Win7	Re: Desktop Background HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop \| Wallpaper entry will list the path to the current wallpaper. __________________ Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Of course I know all the answers; I just don't always match the answers to the right questions. Rated R for Violence -- When your PC flies through a window, that's violent, right?

09-28-2009, 05:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
przybyjj Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6 OS: XP	Re: Desktop Background Yup! That's where it was - good memory! Thanks.