Lost my wallpaper folder but Windows still showing them. Where can I find them?

[Jed Shields]

Hello all,

I had a folder of wallpapers on my desktop that I had relocated to my D drive. I selected all the images then set to desktop wallpaper so that they would randomly change over time. I have just reinstalled Windows and upgraded to Windows 11, from 10, but the folder has disappeared. However, the wallpaper slideshow is still working, so Windows must have them stored somewhere. Any idea where I can find them?

Cheers,

Jed

 

[Jed Shields]

No luck, there are a load of folders with just stock images in them, nothing of mine.

 

[Jed Shields]

Is your m$ account synced to the cloud?

I believe it might be. Or it must be if it's still showing those files. Would it be on OneDrive, or is it something else?

 

[Jed Shields]

I've found the DesktopBackground folder in my AppData folder. Unfortunately it just cached a handful of my images.

Can anyone recommend an ideally free data recovery program? Might be worth a try...

 

[Jed Shields]

Yeah, that's what I thought. The weird thing is that I always remap my Documents, Downloads, Photos, Desktop etc to the D drive so that they're safe when I reformat my C drive. Something must have gone wrong at some point. I'm kicking myself for not backing it up elsewhere. It definitely slipped through the cracks.

 

[Jed Shields]

No, same acount.