Hi Charles,

Have you investigated SpotBright?  https://timopartl.gumroad.com/l/spotbright_win10

This is a single programmer's product and it is not perfect - sometimes it takes a week or more for that treasured image (in my case it was a pumpkin field) to download, and if your computer is acting strangely, it might not work or it could double download a bunch of pictures :-( .  However, I've been using it for years and have quite a collection.  There's a free version but I plunked down $10 for the premium version to try to get Tim to fix a problem I was having.    Most have the location where the picture was taken in the file named, but occasionally it just has a code.  How SpotBright gets the image location is a mystery.  It must be in the image somehow but the image info I can get at in Windows doesn't show it. 

I had tracked down ways to get the image files out of Windows at one time (I think this one still works https://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-10/download-windows-10-spotlight-lock-screen-images/), but the path to the images seemed subject to change when Windows got updated, and neither the filename nor image metadata had anything about "where was this taken" which is what I wanted.  Haven't found anything better than SpotBright to do what I want.  (Microsoft seems to be no help at all - people have been asking for this for years!).  

Laura

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From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of charles meyer
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2021 1:38 PM
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Subject: [External] [CODE4LIB] Windows 10 lock screen pictures - identifying the subject of the photo's location

Hi my esteemed listmates,


I've Googled this matter and none of the results provide a solution.

I want  to easily and quickly ID the location of the subjects in the Windows
10 lock screen pictures.

I've read you hover your mouse  over a camera icon yet there is no camera icon on my networked PCs.

I then read you visit
C:\Users\username_for_your_computer\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes

But that just leaves me at a screen for Custom, not the .jpgs for these photos.

Apparently, if you can reach the .jpg for the photo you're supposed to be able to right click and under Properties it will describe the location of that photo subject.

I found this site with 87 of the Windows 10 lock screen pictures but not the one I was interested in.

https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgetwallpapers.com%2Fcollection%2Fwindows-10-lock-screen-wallpaper&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cliblna%40EMORY.EDU%7C0745466fee884d0df27808d96013363a%7Ce004fb9cb0a4424fbcd0322606d5df38%7C0%7C0%7C637646457903043981%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=sLGGfOdF%2F3j%2BcLdrg%2BPPlV4rCKHjZSC1hst%2FVGXshVA%3D&amp;reserved=0

I can best describe it as a "crown of water" surrounded by mountains.

BTW, how would one reveal the subject location in any of those 87 photos from  getwallparers?

Thank you.