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Windows 10: Where Are Themes Stored?

Mel HawthorneMarch 10, 2020 Comments (2)

Desktop themes have been around since Windows 7 – they usually include things like wallpapers, sound schemes, icons, screensavers and even entire colour schemes for your machine.

You can grab themes you like from the Windows store, or you can customise one and make your own. Whichever you prefer, you can easily find the ones you have at the moment by going to the folder where they are stored.

To find that folder, follow one of the following two methods.

  1. Use ‘Run’

Press the Windows key and R at the same time in order to open the Run command box. Paste the following text into it: %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes Press Enter. The folder you are looking for will open automatically.

  1. Use the Search

In order to do this, press the Windows key, then use Ctrl + V in order to paste the same text (%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes) into the search function there. Press Enter or click on the Folder that appears at the top of the search results in order to open the Themes folder.

Categories: Windows

Author Mel Hawthorne

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Comments

  1. Leiv Bornecrantz says:
    August 3, 2023 at 7:21 am

    Why not provide the full path? Everyone may not follow %

  2. CindyW says:
    July 11, 2022 at 8:52 pm

    Yes it helped. Was able to get all the images from my favorite theme. Thanks for the straight-forward easy to follow instructions!
    Cindy

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Last Updated on March 10, 2020 by Mitch Bartlett