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It is possible to discover it programatically? It will use the Windows Registry? I'll need to take a screenshot of it and compare with the files on disk? Is it possible to discover even in the desktop slideshow mode? RRUZ try this using Microsoft.Win32; private string GetCurrentWallpaper() { using(RegistryKey MyWallPaper = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Control Panel\\Desktop", false)) { return MyWallPaper.GetValue("WallPaper").ToString(); } } Bye. public string GetCurrentWallpaper() { using(var subKey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(@"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General",

How do I get the current wallpaper on a Mac? Just point me to an API function so I can Google more. Edit: I think I found it. [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] mentioned at http://lists.apple.com/archives/student-dev/2004/Aug/msg00140.html Also possible from shell: defaults read com.apple.desktop Background And from AppleScript: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7111272 Updated Answer (Mavericks and newer) Starting with Mavericks, Apple writes the Desktop images to /Users/<current-user>/Application Support/Dock/desktoppicture.db which is an SQLite database. You can open