



Now click on “ TranscodedWallpaper.jpg” file and press “ Ctrl+C” keys. Its basically a copy of “ TranscodedWallpaper.jpg” file + watermark on it.ĥ. Here, “ TranscodedWallpaper.jpg” file contains the wallpaper image which you set on your Desktop and “ CachedFiles” folder contains a cached image file which is used by Windows to show wallpaper on Desktop. It’ll open Themes folder in Windows Explorer where you’ll find a folder “ CachedFiles” and an image file “ TranscodedWallpaper.jpg“. Press “ Win+R” keys together to open RUN dialog box and paste the above text and press Enter.Ĥ. First apply your desired image as Desktop wallpaper or leave it to default Windows 8 wallpaper if you like.ģ. To make it clear, lets start the tutorial for removing watermark from Windows 8 Consumer Preview Desktop:ġ. What we’ll do is that we’ll replace the hidden JPG image file which contains our Desktop wallpaper and watermark with a similar image file but without the watermark. So basically the watermark is shown by the image file and if you edit that image file and remove the text from it, you can easily get rid of the watermark from Windows 8 Desktop. Many AskVG readers asked us how to remove this watermark from Windows 8 Desktop? Believe me removing watermark from Windows Desktop was never so easy before.Īlthough the watermark string is stored in a system file “ ” in Windows 8 but the process of showing this watermark on Desktop is a bit different in Windows 8.Īctually whenever you set an image file as Desktop wallpaper, Windows automatically creates a copy of that image file in a hidden folder and then puts the watermark on that image file. Recently Microsoft released free Consumer Preview (public Beta) build of Windows 8 which also shows a watermark on Desktop as shown in following screenshot: These patchers automatically modify system files to get rid of watermark from Desktop. There are also a few 3rd party patching utilities released whenever a new testing build of Windows or service pack is released by Microsoft. One needs to open a specific system file in Resource Hacker and then remove the text present in the file which is shown on Desktop. These methods include modifying system files using our favorite tool “ Resource Hacker“. There are many methods available to remove the watermark from Windows Desktop.

Many people don’t like this watermark on their Desktop as it hides some part of the wallpaper and sometimes doesn’t look nice on Desktop wallpapers. This watermark usually shows the build number of Windows or service pack. Whenever Microsoft releases a testing build of Windows or service pack, a watermark is always shown on Windows Desktop.
