>>7682117A copy of the current wallpaper can be found by typing the below path in Windows File Explorer address bar.
Path 1 -
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\CachedFiles
If you don’t find a copy of your current desktop background image here, try below path instead.
Path 2 -
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\TranscodedWallpaper
Note: The file TranscodedWallpaper in Path 2 does not have a file extension. Use "Open With" or "How do you want to open this file?" dialogue box and select any image viewer, such as, "Windows Photo Viewer", "Honeyview" or the "Photos" app.
Note for Windows 10: The above locations have limitations. For example, if the wallpaper you’re looking for is no longer visible in the ‘Background’ tab in the Settings app, you can’t recover it. It will work for your last five wallpapers but nothing older.
