By default windows 10 stores your wallpaper images in the c windows web directory.
Windows 10 login pictures location.
Select windows spotlight for an automatically changing selection of images from microsoft or select picture or slideshow to choose your own preferred background image.
However there is one source of images that s trickier to track down known as windows spotlight images.
You can access this directory very simply by clicking in the search bar in the windows 10 task bar and type c windows web and hitting return.
Windows keeps these windows 10 lock screen photos buried deep in a hidden directory but with a bit of digging you can find them save them and even use them as desktop wallpaper.
Select the start button then select settings accounts your info.
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The image you select here will appear as both your lock screen background and sign in screen background.
See screenshot below if you like here s the transparent 256x256 pixel png file i used in this example to download and use.
Change your local account picture in windows 10.
You can configure the sign in screen background you want on the lock screen settings page too.
Under create your picture select browse for one or if your device has a camera select camera and take a selfie.
The pictures are of a good enough quality.
The directory will pop right up.
These wallpaper pictures are a set of stunning photos curated via microsoft bing that automatically get downloaded to your windows 10 profile and appear on your screen when your profile is locked.