{"id":1492,"date":"2016-01-25T21:13:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T15:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2022-09-03T10:46:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T05:16:51","slug":"safekeep-windows-spotlight-images-windows-10-app-scripts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/safekeep-windows-spotlight-images-windows-10-app-scripts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Save Windows 10\/11 Spotlight Wallpapers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Windows Spotlight brings to you some fantastic images that are worth storing. Unfortunately, at present, Windows 10\/11 doesn’t have a GUI option to save these lock screen wallpaper images; this has to be done manually or using a custom app or script. This post tells you how to save Windows Spotlight lock screen images automatically or manually.<\/p>\n

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  1. Backup Windows Spotlight images manually<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Backup Spotlight Images Using a Windows Script<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. INFO: Find where a Windows Spotlight Image was shot<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

    Save Windows Spotlight Lock Screen Images<\/h2>\n

    The Windows Spotlight images are stored in one of the sub-folders several levels underneath the Local App Data folder, with random file names containing no extension. Here is the folder path<\/p>\n

    C:\\Users\\%username%<\/strong>\\AppData\\Local\\Packages\\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\\LocalState\\Assets<\/pre>\n
    \"Save<\/p>\n
    <\/a>Backup Windows Spotlight images and add .JPG extension<\/h3>\n
    The above location is not meant to be used as a permanent storage area, as the images you see today in that folder wouldn’t be available there forever. If you like to store the photos, copy them to a different folder, under your Pictures<\/strong> folder, or elsewhere.<\/p>\n
    To preview them after copying them to your Pictures folder, add the .jpg<\/code> extension to these files. To do so, follow these steps:<\/p>\n
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    1. On the folder where you’ve copied the Spotlight images, type cmd.exe in the Address bar to launch Command Prompt in the current folder.<\/li>\n
    2. Typing the following command would add the JPG extension for all the extensionless image files:\n
      REN *  *.jpg<\/pre>\n
      \"Save<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      Remove non-wallpaper files such as tile images<\/h4>\n
      The Windows Spotlight store folder also contains images that are not wallpapers, such as logos or tile images of smaller dimensions that need to be filtered out.<\/p>\n
      \"get
      A Tile image found in the Assets folder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
      Files with a size of less than 400 KB are probably not wallpaper files. However, you can preview them before clearing them out. Hint:<\/strong> Sort the listing by Size column.<\/p>\n
      Portrait vs. Landscape Images<\/h4>\n
      The Windows Spotlight store folder can contain portrait as well as landscape images.<\/p>\n
      You may sort the files using the Dimensions<\/em> column (which you need to add by right-clicking the Column Header in the folder and clicking More..<\/em>).<\/p>\n
      Once sorted, you can move the Portrait images to a separate folder, and Landscape ones to another folder.<\/p>\n
      \"Save<\/p>\n
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      <\/a>Backup Spotlight Images Using Script<\/h3>\n
      Here is a VBScript that copies the lock screen wallpaper files from the Assets folder to your Pictures\\Spotlight collections<\/code><\/strong> folder.<\/p>\n