Background photo on desktop?

Question

I am using windows xp. The current image I have for my desktop background is a photo I retreived from a website while random surfing. I clicked on a photo whilst surfing the net & clicked on 'set as background'. The photo then automatically became my desktop background.
I'd now like to keep the photo in my My Pictures folder but don't know where it is located on my hard drive to copy it to there.
The current background photo is simply listed as 'internet explorer wallpaper' in the control panel listing for background. ie Control Panel/Display/Desktop/Background/Internet Explorer Wallpaper.

The question is .... Where is the file for the background photo located on my hard drive ........... & how do I find it .... & then save the file to My Pictures folder?

Answer 1

Ok, first right click on your desktop. a little menu will pop up. Then go to properties then go to the little tab at the top that says desktop. It will have a list of pics you have used for your desktop. If you have only used one it will be right there. now click browse. it will open another window. The photo will be right there. Then right click on it and click copy. then go to my pics or whatever and paste it there! if you have any more questions email me. good luck!

Answer 2

Not too sure where it's located on the hard drive, but you know what you could try... Using the print screen function on your keyboard, you might be able to hide the taskbar and the icons on your desktop so just the picture shows up. Then, press print screen and this will copy the image on your monitor (which is gonna be your background picture) and then you can paste (ctrl + V) that into an application such as Microsoft Paint. Hope this works.

Answer 3

You're asking how to create information that's not there. The only way is to be on a TV show and have a higher resolution picture of the same scene, so that it looks as if the "software" enhanced the picture. (IOW, it's a trick on TV, you can't do it in real life.) If you stretch the picture one of two things will happen, depending on how you do it. Either the pixels get larger, so the picture gets coarser, or the pixels that are missing get "guessed at" by the computer, so the picture gets pixelated. You can't change the size of a bitmap graphic without losing quality. (And you can't use a vector graphic as a desktop background.)

Answer 4

Click search , type in 'internet explorer wallpaper' and windows will find it for you then click on nternet explorer wallpaper (the found file)and then click on move this file. Windows will list some options to wear you want to puit it click on the my pictures folder click save

Answer 5

you should always choose save as and save the photos you may be able to find it in your temporary internet files or temp files right click start/search then type in *.jpg then choose advanced options and check the boxes for system folders hidden folders and subfolders if its still on your hard drive you can retreive it just save it after you find it

Answer 6

well there are 2 ways to find it check in C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Temporary Internet Files or if you know the file name goto start then search ant type in file name

Answer 7

i don't know where the file will be, but here are two ways that i can think of.

you can go to that website you got the picture of and click 'save picture as' and save it somewhere.

or

you can do a print screen and paste it to paint and save it.

Answer 8

It's in

C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name\application data

Then if you're using Firefox, go into the Mozilla folder
Or if you're using IE, go into the Microsoft folder

It'll be in there

Answer 9

you can see this image in your temp internet file folder...

Answer 10

it shld be of a baby or a flower or the thing that attracts u