Where does Windows store its wallpapers?

It should be here, at least if it is a stock wallpaper:

C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper

If it is custom, it is here:

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Internet Explorer Wallpaper.bmp

With FF 4, it saves it to:

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Desktop Background.bmp

After you clarified that you actually wanted the location that Firefox saved it to, I noticed something: If you go to the location where the wallpaper is set, the name of it there, is the name of the actual file. So as in this screenshot,

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the name is Desktop Background, so doing a dir "desktop background.bmp" /s would find it. I would assume this would work even if another browser saved it to yet another location, or file name.


C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft

Should be in this location.

In Windows 10 (also 8.1) the wallpaper is under this folder location:

C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\RoamedThemeFiles\DesktopBackground

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