Windows 10: Spotlight NOT WORKING in Windows 11

Discus and support Spotlight NOT WORKING in Windows 11 in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Windows Spotlight doesn't change images and now "fun facts" doesn't appear at all on the login screen. I recently updated to Windows 11 thinking that... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by JaniC435, Oct 6, 2021.

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    Spotlight NOT WORKING in Windows 11


    Windows Spotlight doesn't change images and now "fun facts" doesn't appear at all on the login screen. I recently updated to Windows 11 thinking that this would somehow fix the problem, but it didn't - the problem still persists in Windows 11. I've tried all the fixes: cleaning spotlight assets, resetting settings roaming.lock.bak and settings.dat.bak, and re-registering using PowerShell. Some of these fixes worked in the past, but now they don't for whatever reason. Is anybody else experiencing this problem in Windows 11, or has any other way of fixing this? I'm all out of ideas a

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    JaniC435, Oct 6, 2021
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