Where Can I Find Photos Window Lock Screen

Windows 10 Spotlight wallpaper images that appear on the lock screen are stored deep inside the Local Application Data folder, under the Assets folder, as we've seen in the article, How to Backup Windows Spotlight Images in Windows 10.

We'll see how to find the file name of the currently displayed Lock Screen (Windows Spotlight) image so that you don't have to previews 50+ files in your Assets folder to locate a single wallpaper file.

Find the Current Lock Screen Wallpaper File Name

Instructions for Windows 10 v1803 through v20H2

To find the current lock screen image file in Windows 10, follow these steps:

1. Find your user account SID by opening a Command Prompt window and running this command:

   whoami /user

   

2. Note down the SID for your account.
3. In the Registry Editor, go to the following key:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Creative\

4. Please select the appropriate SID subkey that corresponds to your user account, and double-click to expand it.

   Under your SID key, there may be more than one subkey underneath. Each subkey refers to a different wallpaper image file. The highest-numbered subkey, which is the last one, stores the file name of the currently used Windows Spotlight wallpaper in a value named landscapeImage . The other two or more subkeys contain references to recently used wallpaper images.

5. Select the highest-numbered subkey or the last one listed.

   

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6. Double-click landscapeImage and copy the path. That's your current lock screen wallpaper image file path.
7. Right-click Start, click  Run, and type this:

   explorer /select, [filepath]

   Replace [filepath] with the actual Lock Screen image path you copied from the Registry Editor in step 6, and press ENTER

8. That command opens the Assets folder with the current Windows 10 Spotlight wallpaper file already selected.
9. You can copy it to your Desktop or Pictures folder, add the .JPG extension and use it.
   

In Windows 10 versions 1803 and higher, the current lock screen wallpaper image is stored in string values (REG_SZ), namely landscapeImage and portraitImage, under the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Creative\<your SID>\<random-key-name>

In Windows 10 version 1709 and earlier, the lock screen image (Windows Spotlight) file name for the currently displayed landscape and portrait assets are stored in the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lock Screen\Creative

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For Windows 10 versions earlier than 1803

To find the current lock screen picture's file and Path in Windows 10 v1803 and earlier, follow these steps:

1. Start the Registry Editor (regedit.exe) and go to the registry path mentioned above.
   

   The value data for LandscapeAssetPath is what you need, if using a computer. PortraitAssetPath image applies to mobile devices. These two values hold the file name of the current Windows Spotlight wallpaper image.

2. Double-click the LandscapeAssetPath value and copy the data to the clipboard.
3. Right-click Start, click Run, and then type this:

   explorer /select, [filepath]

   Of course, replace [filepath] with the actual Lock Screen image path you copied from the Registry Editor, and press ENTER

   That command opens the Assets folder with the current Windows 10 Spotlight wallpaper file already selected. You can copy it to your Desktop or Pictures folder, add the .JPG extension and use it.

4. Exit the Registry Editor.

Using Script to Find the Current Lock Screen Image File

To find and open the current lock screen (Windows Spotlight image) wallpaper, here is a VBScript.

For Windows 10 v1803 and higher

                      'File: find_curr_spotlight_wallpaper.vbs '---------------------------------------  'Find current lock screen wallpaper file in Windows 10 'For Windows 10 build 17134 (v1803) and higher. 'Created on 14-May '19 - (c) Ramesh Srinivasan 'Reviewed on 4-Nov '20  Option Explicit Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002 Dim sWallPaper, oReg, strKeyPath, sCurWP Dim arrSubKeys, subkey, GetOS, GetBuild  GetVersion() If InStr(LCase(GetOS), "windows 10") = 0 Then WScript.Quit If CInt(GetBuild) < 17134 Then WScript.Quit Dim objFSO: Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Dim WshShell : Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Dim strUser : strUser = CreateObject("WScript.Network").UserName Set oReg=GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & _ "." & "\root\default:StdRegProv") strKeyPath = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\" & _ "LogonUI\Creative\" + GetSID(strUser) oReg.EnumKey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKeyPath, arrSubKeys For Each subkey In arrSubKeys sWallPaper = subkey Next strKeyPath = strKeyPath & "\" & sWallPaper oReg.GetStringValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKeyPath, "landscapeImage", sCurWP If objFSO.FileExists(sCurWP) Then Dim sWPTarget sWPTarget = WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%userprofile%") & _ "\Desktop\lockscreen_wallpaper.jpg" objFSO.CopyFile sCurWP, sWPTarget, True WshShell.Run sWPTarget WScript.Sleep 1000 If MsgBox ("Locate wallpaper file in the Assets folder?", vbYesNo, "Find Wallpaper") = 6 Then WshShell.run "explorer.exe" & " /select," & sCurWP End If Else WScript.Echo("The wallpaper image does not exist on the disk!") WScript.Quit End If Function GetSID(UserName) Dim DomainName, Result, WMIUser If InStr(UserName, "\") > 0 Then       DomainName = Mid(UserName, 1, InStr(UserName, "\") - 1)       UserName = Mid(UserName, InStr(UserName, "\") + 1)    Else       DomainName = CreateObject("WScript.Network").UserDomain    End If    On Error Resume Next    Set WMIUser = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationlevel=impersonate}!" _    & "/root/cimv2:Win32_UserAccount.Domain='" & DomainName & "'" _    & ",Name='" & UserName & "'")        If Err.Number = 0 Then       Result = WMIUser.SID    Else       Result = ""       WScript.Echo "Can't determine the SID. Quitting.."       WScript.Quit    End If    On Error GoTo 0    GetSID = Result End Function  Function GetVersion()    Dim objWMIService, colOSes, objOS    Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & "." & "\root\cimv2")    Set colOSes = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem")    For Each objOS In colOSes       GetOS =  objOS.Caption       GetBuild = objOS.BuildNumber    Next End Function                  

For Windows 10 v1709 and earlier

                      'File: find_curr_spotlight_wallpaper_old.vbs '-------------------------------------------  'Finds current lock screen wallpaper file, copies it to Pictures folder and previews it. 'Ramesh Srinivasan, Winhelponline.com 'Created on 1 Sep, '16 'For Windows 10 v1709 and earlier Dim WshShell: Set WshShell = Createobject("Wscript.Shell") Dim objFSO: Set objFSO = Createobject("Scripting.Filesystemobject") On error resume next sCurrLSI = WshShell.RegRead ("HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lock Screen\Creative\LandscapeAssetPath") On error goto 0 sDstFL = WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings( "%USERPROFILE%" ) sDstFL = sDstFl & "\Pictures\" & objFSO.GetFileName(sCurrLSI) & ".jpg" if objFSO.FileExists(sCurrLSI) then 	objFSO.copyfile sCurrLSI, sDstFL 	WshShell.Run sDstFL else 	Msgbox "Lock Screen image file doesn't exist in the specified location." end if                  

Script Download links:

• find_curr_spotlight_wallpaper.vbs (v1803 & higher)
• find_curr_spotlight_wallpaper_old.vbs (for v1709 & earlier)

The script does the following things:

1. Finds the current lock screen image wallpaper file from the registry.
2. Copies current lock screen wallpaper file to Pictures folder and adds a .jpg extension.
3. Previews the wallpaper using your default image viewer.
4. Opens File Explorer and selects the current wallpaper image file.

I hope the above methods to find the current Windows 10 lock screen (Windows Spotlight) wallpaper image were useful. Let's know your comments.

(This article was last reviewed on May 07, 2021. The methods are verified to work in Windows 10 v20H2.)

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Where Can I Find Photos Window Lock Screen

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