11/17/2023 0 Comments Folder factory backgrounds![]() Folder Background Changer has no Help file, so we have no idea what the explanation for this might be. When we tried the program with a different folder, however, it worked. We tried different views within the folder, and then we tried running the program several more times, and still, nothing. We opened the folder whose background we thought we had changed and. Once that was done, an alert informed us that our desired folder background had been changed, and then the program automatically launched Internet Explorer and took us to the publisher's blog, a feature that definitely discouraged us from continued use of the program. Next we were asked to select the image we wanted to use for the background, and then a color selector came up, though it was unclear what we were selecting colors for. Once we had the program installed, we clicked the Change Folder Background button, and a dialog came up asking us to choose the folder we wanted to customize. The program required a registration code during installation, which confused us until we realized that it was contained in a text file that came with the download. This program promises to let users customize the background images within their folders, but it doesn't work reliably. So it goes with Folder Background Changer. We're not opposed to tweaks that are useful-or even just plain fun-but it seems that much of the time these programs are more trouble than they're worth. Find the wallpaper image in your Themes folder in Windows 10/11 Here are five different methods to find the current desktop background (wallpaper) file name, starting with the easiest option.Call us old-fashioned, but we don't typically get into desktop customizations. When you set a wallpaper of any image format, Windows converts that file to JPEG format and also sometimes reduces its quality. The converted wallpaper image may exist in one of the three different locations mentioned below, depending upon the method you used to set the wallpaper. The transcoded wallpaper is stored here: %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes When you right-click on an image file and choose Set as desktop background in the context menu, a copy of the image file is converted and stored as TranscodedWallpaper without file extension. ![]() Type the above folder path in the Run dialog or Explorer address bar to access the location.Īll you need to do is copy the transcoded image from the above to a different location, add the. %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\CachedFiles option in Personalize settings to set the desktop background, then the converted and up-scaled (matching your display resolution) version of the image is stored in the following directory. POS0 may indicate the monitor number (if using multiple monitors.) The file naming convention is like CachedImage_1920_1080_POS0.jpg where the numbers indicate the current display resolution of 1920 x 1080. %AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows Photo Viewer In case you’ve set the desktop background wallpaper via Windows Photo Viewer, then the transcoded JPEG file is stored in the following folder as Windows Photo Viewer Wallpaper.jpg, and the file path is written to the registry. Note that the quality of the transcoded and converted (to JPEG) wallpaper may not be exactly the same as the original. Using Desktop Background applet in Windows 10/11 The registry value TranscodedImageCache is updated in all of the above cases. The classic Desktop Background applet in Windows 10 shows the currently selected desktop background file name with the full path. ![]() Type the following command and press ENTER shell::: -Microsoft.Personalization\pageWallpaper.Right-click Start, and click Run to bring up the Run dialog. Using the Registry Editor in Windows 10/11 In Windows 10 this opens the classic desktop background applet, showing the current wallpaper image file and the folder path. The reference to the current desktop wallpaper may exist in one or more locations in the registry. In the Registry Editor, there are the keys you need to check. Look for the value named TranscodedImageCache (Type: REG_BINARY) Look for the value named Wallpaper (Type: REG_SZ). ![]()
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