{"id":992,"date":"2010-02-04T14:50:28","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T09:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=992"},"modified":"2019-05-12T03:04:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T03:04:07","slug":"desktop-background-file-location-right-click-menu-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/desktop-background-file-location-right-click-menu-windows-7\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Current Wallpaper (Desktop Background) File Location in Windows 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Desktop Background Slideshow is a neat little feature in Windows 7 which helps you shuffle your desktop background<\/a> from a image file store folder, at predefined intervals. But, as Windows doesn’t show the file name of the currently displayed wallpaper, it becomes a problem if you have thousands of images in a store folder and you need to find the file name and the directory location of the currently displayed wallpaper.<\/p>\n

Here is a small script which adds the Desktop Background File Location<\/b> option in the Desktop context menu, which opens the current wallpaper file’s target folder and selects the file.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> This script doesn’t work in Windows 8 or 10. If you’re using Windows 8\/8.1 or Windows 10, see article How to Determine the Current Wallpaper File Name and Path in Windows 8 and 10<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

1. Download WPTargetDir.zip<\/a>, unzip and extract the contents to a folder.<\/p>\n

2. Move the file WPTargetDir.vbs<\/b> to the Windows<\/b> directory.<\/p>\n

3. Double-click Add.reg<\/b> to add the context menu option.<\/p>\n

4. Hold the SHIFT key down and right-click on an empty area in the Desktop. You’ll see the Desktop Background File Location<\/b> option.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Selecting this option gets the current wallpaper file name from the registry, opens the target folder and selects the image file.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

To remove\/uninstall this option, run the file undo.reg<\/b>, and then manually delete WPTargetDir.vbs<\/b> manually from the Windows folder.<\/p>\n

More Information<\/h2>\n

The script queries the wallpaper source file name from the following registry key:<\/p>\n

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Desktop\\General<\/pre>\n
The information is stored in a string value named WallpaperSource<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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