Windows desktop filename

Hi, @eric kline

Windows 10 does not show the filename of the current slideshow image directly, but you can usually retrieve it with PowerShell.

1. Right-click Start and open Windows PowerShell.
2. Paste this command and press Enter:

$TIC=(Get-ItemProperty 'HKCU:\Control Panel\Desktop' TranscodedImageCache -ErrorAction Stop).TranscodedImageCache; [System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetString($TIC) -replace '(.+)([A-Z]:[0-9a-zA-Z\\])+','$2'

It should display the full path and filename of the current desktop image.

If it does not show the correct file, to help narrow this down:

1. Is Settings > Personalization > Background currently set to Slideshow?
2. Are the slideshow photos stored in a local folder, OneDrive, or another location?
3. Are you using one monitor or multiple monitors?

Click "Add comment" to let me know.

Thanks!