recovering a windows wallpaper

[James.]

I changed some settings in desktop properties and it wiped my wallpaper which was awesome, cant remember where I got it from and haven't saved it so is there anyway to recover it from, will it be saved as a temp file somewhere?

 

[Ian]

Mine save to here dude: C:\Users\Ian\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox

Dunno if yours will be the same directory if it's XP (?) but it should be somewhere I'd imagine.


Edit: that's also assuming you set as a desktop from the internet and didn't download it first.

 

[James.]

cant find that path.

Now when I go right click> properties...I get nothing. Dialogue box doesnt even show up. could be a long night

 

[Ian]

Hmm not sure what to suggest then, sounds dodgy.

If you Google recover desktop wallpaper or default wallpaper file path it brings up a few suggestions. Without XP in front of me I can't really think though.

At least there aint a morning lecture; still should be in bed though!

 

[Andy.]

In XP the path is :

C:\Documents and Settings\[Your User ID]\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Wallpaper1.bmp

That is normally only the temporary path while it is still your wallpaper, so it may have been deleted in the meantime....