In addition to the answer(s) given, I'd like to provide you with a script that instantly copies and renames the file to *.jpg. If you change the view to medium icons or to large icons, then you can instantly see the pictures when you run the script (let's name it LikeWhatYouSee.cmd
):
:: Batch script, which copies "Like what you see"
:: pictures to %userprofile%\Pictures\Saved Pictures\ and opens it in explorer
cd /D %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets
mkdir "%userprofile%\Pictures\Saved Pictures\" 1>nul 2>&1
copy * "%userprofile%\Pictures\Saved Pictures\*.jpg"
explorer "%userprofile%\Pictures\Saved Pictures\"
The pictures are saved to the subdirectory Saved Pictures
in your user profile's Pictures
folder. You can run the script multiple times without harm, the pictures have unique filenames. Over time, you will get a lot of nice pictures in that folder. The pictures will not be removed from there, unless you delete them manually.
Note: After you ran the script above, you can change the lock screen image to any of the liked pictures you saved easily. To do this:
- Press Windows + I to open Windows settings
- Click "Personalization"
- In the side bar, select "Lock screen"
- In the lock screen settings, select "Picture" (always the same image) or "Slideshow" (alternating images) as background
- If you selected "Picture", you can click "Browse" to find and select your picture. If you selected "Slideshow", you can click on "+" to add a folder. For the folder, browse to Pictures --> Saved Pictures, where you can find the pictures saved by the script
Note: You might have noticed that the script above copies all images. Sometimes there are also icons included in the Windows content delivery folder, which you don't want to copy. One simple way is to limit the size and copy only larger files.
With this modified script you can do that (for a more detailed description how it works, look here):
:: Batch script, which copies larger "Like what you see"
:: pictures to %userprofile%\Pictures\Saved Pictures\ and opens it in explorer
cd /D %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets
mkdir "%userprofile%\Pictures\Saved Pictures\" 1>nul 2>&1
for /r ".\" %%F in (*) do @if %%~zF geq 35000 copy "%%F" "%userprofile%\Pictures\Saved Pictures\*.jpg"
explorer "%userprofile%\Pictures\Saved Pictures\"