Solved Options for Adjusting Content after Windows Update


silvanet

silvanet

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Windows Update last night removed my desktop background image personalization setting. I don't necessarily want to remove the update completely, but I do want to return my original background picture. It's been the same for ages. I don't remember its name or location. I've searched for *.png and *.jpg but that returns tons of results. Does anyone have an idea how I can limit my search or filter to find it, or should I reverse the installation to locate it, then reinstall the update?
 
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The image could be anywhere so you have to narrow the search.
Was a picture you took or a image from the internet?

You can try to uninstall the update, find where is the image storage d and its name and reinstall the update and then reconfigure the background image.
 

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No, it was a picture I took with my phone camera.
 

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Hello silvanet, :alien:

Does the picture still show in your desktop background "recent images" history?

If so, then you can use the same registry path from option two in the tutorial below to find the file location.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Wallpapers

www.elevenforum.com

Delete Desktop Background Wallpaper History in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to delete all or specific recent images from desktop background wallpaper history for your account in Windows 11. You can change your desktop background in Windows 11 to be a picture, solid color, a slideshow, or Spotlight collection. Windows keeps the last 5...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com

desktop_background_wallpaper_recent_history_regedit-1-png.18205
 

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Thanks @Brink , no the picture was not showing in the recent images. I was about to look in the registry when it occurred to me to search for images on my network in another desktop PC running Windows 10, and there I found a long list of images that I thought might include the one I had used for my Windows 11 Desktop background. Almost at the very end of the images I found it! The date wouldn't have helped much. I knew it was not a recent picture, but neither was it at the very end of all the pictures sorted by date.
Thanks also to @Megahertz , yes I have Everything and that's what I had been using to search for it. As always, you guys are the very best. I really appreciate your help.
 

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I'm happy to hear you found it. :party:
 

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Megahertz said:
The image could be anywhere so you have to narrow the search.
Was a picture you took or a image from the internet?

You can try to uninstall the update, find where is the image storage d and its name and reinstall the update and then reconfigure the background image.
Click to expand...
This probably would have been the best method.
 

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Windows 11 Pro 24H2 Build 26100.4946
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12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700
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MSI Pro Z690-A DDR4 (MS-7D25)
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Intel HD Audio
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To put a bug in your ear, once you download a them or build a theme of your own, save the theme in settings>personalization>themes>name it something you recognize>save.
Then go to the file location Brink gave you above and copy that theme to a safe place. From then on, the theme can be reused on your system or moved to another system easily.
 

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Windows 11 Pro 24H2 Build 26100.494612th Gen Intel Core i7-1270032 GBIntel UHD Graphics 770
OS
Windows 11 Pro 24H2 Build 26100.4946
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self built
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12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700
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MSI Pro Z690-A DDR4 (MS-7D25)
Memory
32 GB
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Intel UHD Graphics 770
Sound Card
Intel HD Audio
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Insignia-TV
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3840-2160
Hard Drives
9, different varieties and types
Internet Speed
1 GIG Fiber optic
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Chrome
Antivirus
Webroot
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