How to Find Windows 10's Spotlight Lock Screen Pictures

How to Find Windows 10's Spotlight Lock Screen Pictures / Images - Today i show you how you can find the location on your PC, so you can reuse thoese images as Desktop Background images.

If you have Windows 10's default, Spotlight feature enabled, your lock screen shows gorgeous images courtesy of Microsoft. Some of these high-quality photos are nature shots while others are pictures of great cities around the world. The pictures rotate several times a day, but what if you see an image you like and want to keep a copy of it on your laptop? Windows keeps these Windows 10 lock screen photos buried deep in a hidden directory, but with a bit of digging, you can find them, save them and even use them as desktop wallpaper.

Here's how to find Windows 10's Spotlight lock screen images:

1. First you have to show hidden files on your Maschine: Open your File Explorer and click View.
2. Click Options. A Folder Options window will appear.
3. Click the View tab.
4. Select "Show hidden files, folders and drives" and click Apply.
5. Go to This PC Local Disk (C:)\Users\[YOUR USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets

You'll be presented with a plethora of file names that make absolutely no sense and show no extensions. There's no great method of telling which ones are beautiful photos and which are icons, but you're better off clicking on items with larger file sizes.

6. Copy the most recent large files to another folded (ex: pictures).
7. Rename the files and add the files suffix .jpg to the end of their names.

You should now be able to view the pictures in any image viewer or editor you want.

One more thing: keep in mind that Microsoft adds and removes these at its whim. If you see one you like, pounce on it and make a copy before it goes away, possibly forever.

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[DanielKovacs]

Go to This PC Local Disk (C:)\Users\[YOUR cheers Daniel

[pastorjimmyrlee]

This was great! Very well done. Informative, straight to the point, but engaging and not boring! Thank you!

[jarnohealth]

these were just random images, not the lockscreen ones im looking for.. some of them mightve been it but they are in the wrong sizes too..

[nikkigreen]

Dude you are awesome, clear concise and to the point!

[Rodsterman]

Just to add, look for the big size files, the list will short down to less. Many are just different sizes for other devices and apps. Thanks Daniel great tip!

[Popnicute]

Thank you! I had this picture I really liked and windows lock screen stopped telling us where to find it. Now I have it :D

[coondogtheman]

EDIT: found the folder and have set a shortcut on desktop. Funny thing is sometimes I see new images when i go to sign in but cannot see the latest files. But after a day or two I eventually find them.

I cannot seem to find this packages folder. I make it as far as appdata\local and then when I open the local folder I just have three folders. Microsoft, Microsoft Help and Temp. Nothing else. I have hidden files and folders enabled but I cannot see no packages folder. I even ran a search for both packages and and nothing pops up. Help please.

[AdamJanzD]

Thank you so much, Daniel!! They showed me a lockscreen I didn't like (and one I did like), so now I know how to customize it. 😄 Now I just have to find the best way to fix the high DPI 125% scaling issue in Windows 10. *EDIT 2* After a clean-install upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 Version 22H2 (OS Build 19045.3324), I noticed some apps (including the "Properties" window of shortcuts, Software Installer windows, the "Services" app, and also auxiliary windows in a specific program I use, Ableton Live) exhibited blurry text and graphics. However, today I found a solution, praise God!

*NOTE: These steps can be attempted to try to help solve any blurry application, but step 5 is specifically for Ableton Live.*

Steps I took to solve:

1. I right-clicked the Desktop and went to Display Settings > (Clicked on my active monitor) > Scale and Layout > Advanced Scaling Settings, and toggled "Let Windows try to fix apps so they're not blurry". In my case, this setting made no difference, but it's worth checking out anyway.

2. I updated my NVIDIA GTX 970 GPU driver from 536.23 to 537.13. However, I can't remember if I restarted the PC after the update, so please try that first and jump to step 4. If that doesn't solve the issue, continue from step 3.

3. I installed a few requested Windows updates (KB5011048, KB5029649, KB5029244) and restarted the PC. I then noticed the "Properties" window of shortcuts was no longer blurry!

4. I then right-clicked the desktop shortcut for my blurry program, and went to Properties > Compatibility > Change HighDPI Settings > HighDPI Scaling Override, ticked the box, and for "Scaling performed by" I selected "Application".

5. Now, Step 4 may directly solve your issue, however, in my case, I also needed one more application-specific step to solve this blurry window problem. In Ableton Live, you must right-click on the plug-in title bar and deselect "Auto-Scale Plugin Window" then remove/re-add the plugin or just reload the project. You can also right-click on the plug-in in the Live Browser and deselect "Auto-Scale Plugin Window". Now when you launch that plugin, it will be tack sharp on Windows 10. 😎

The "Services" app in Windows 10 and some older installer windows still appear blurry, but as long as my programs aren't affected, I am very pleased. I hope this helps someone!

[MR_Droleee]

Didn’t expect that it takes this many steps, but it worked. Thanks a lot! I will never understand why saving a picture has to be that complicated though😂

[slr-d]

extremely helpful... thanks....
direct and to the point

[sweetpea]

Amazing! I actually did it. But how do I choose an image to change the one that has currently showed up? I need another video on how to select an image I want to use (can you say ludite?)

[garrystone]

Thank you, I loved that Eiger photo so much I just had to set it as my desktop image. Much appreciated your instructions as to how to do this!

[durand]

Nice one. But there are only a few of them pictures in that folder. I guess the old ones get deleted after some time.

[all_loveaundrea]

this isnt working for me :( all the files just show the different icons on this laptop. Is there any other way to access the lockscreen photos?

[tigerdragonknight]

Woohoo.. super awesome.. There always great spotlight lock screen pictures. Finally I found a picture that I really really like & thanks to you I can locate it before it changed. Super awesome, thank you so much 😁👍🏻

[jovanka]

love u man. i can use such pics for my desktop and help me relax. i was such desperate to have some of them. i could find it easy and i m not a tech genie!

[mehenmahfwends]

I followed the first few steps, but when I saw how many files you clicked... My laziness woke up :D

[ae]

Thank you ! Can't believe you dont have more likes for this !

[Cartoonicus]

WHY??? WHY, MICROSOFT, DO YOU MAKE US REPROGRAM OUR COMPUTER JUST TO FIND A COUPLE IMAGE

[suewhitty]

Thankyou. So straight forward and easy to follow.