Archiving

(June 29, 2021) This project is no longer maintained. Check out the C++ version of the same program :

Does not support Python 3.8

PIL, the image library used in this project, does not yet support Python 3.8.

Overview

• Windows 10 by default ships with beautiful image slide shows (spotlight).
• This script saves spotlight so that images can be used for desktop background image.

Miscellaneous Details

• Windows 10 saves miscellaneous image files, including the files for the lockscreen slide show, in a local directory under Users/name/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager/_cw5n1h2txyewy/LocalState/Assets
• In addition to spotlight images, this folder also contains icon files for Windows app.
• This script will filter out any non-spotlight images and copy them to designated folder.

Todo

• Create GUI file to get rid of all the commandline interaction
• Add feature for an one-time installation and regular automatic script execution

requirements

• Python==3.6.7 or above | Pillow>=6.2.0
• Windows 10