How could I find out the path to the current desktop image, for Windows 8
The two registry keys below both store the original path of the current wallpaper image:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\TranscodedImageCache
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\TranscodedImageCache_000
They're in Unicode format, upon decoding that, one will have the full path to the current wallpaper image.
- Go to Windows Run Command (WinLogo+R)
- Type in: %AppData%
- In the 'Roaming' folder, go to 'Microsoft', then 'Windwows', then 'Themes', and lastly 'CachedFiles'
- Copy the wallpaper file.
Check the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper
REG_SZ (string) value. This will show you the path to the TranscodedWallpaper.jpg currently in use.