Windows 10: Windows Spotlight automatically switches to pictures in personalization

I'm losing my mind over this. When I enable spotlight in Settings->personalization->lock screen, and close settings, it automatically switches to pictures. Even changing tab (say lock screen to themes) switches it back to pictures. I do want spotlight.

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Windows Spotlight on the lock screen

Hi,

There are multiple causes on why you're encountering this issue. To further troubleshoot the issue, we suggest that you disable and re-enable Spotlight. Simply follow the steps below:

• Right-click on the desktop and open Personalize.
• Open Lock Screen tab.
• Under Background, switch from Windows Spotlight to a Picture or the Slideshow.
• Click OK and close the Window.
• Now Log off and log in.
• Navigate to Lock screen and enable Windows Spotlight again.

Let us know how it works.

 

Windows Spotlight not working on first boot

UPDATED 8/19/2017

I'm not sure every step is necessary, but this seems to work.

• First, go to Settings/personalization/lock screen. Change setting from Windows Spotlight to Picture or Slideshow.

• clean out these folders C:\Users\(user name)\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState
  and C:\Users\(user name)\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\Settings

• Go back to Settings/personalization/lock screen and set it back to Spotlight. When I did this I got an aerial picture taken from the cockpit of a bi-plane. Give it a few minutes to see if it changes. If not, continue regardless.

• Go to your lock screen. If Spotlight appears, reboot your computer. If Spotlight doesn't appear, go back to
  Settings/personalization/lock screen and switch from Spotlight to Picture and back again. Again, you may have to wait a few minutes to see if the picture changes. If it does, go back to your
  lock screen to verify Spotlight loads and reboot again. Hopefully it should work at this point.

After getting Spotlight back on start-up and losing it again, it occurred to me that previewing it in lock screen before rebooting might have an effect on loading the Spotlight image. That seems to be the case.

Also, going to Windows Administrative Tools/Services and switching
Delivery Options to automatic might have had an effect.

 

WIndows Spotlight Picture struck in one picture

Hi Alok,

There are various reasons why Windows Spotlight wallpaper is not changing or fetching a new wallpaper from Bing.

As an initial troubleshooting step, we suggest resetting Windows Spotlight preference by following the steps below:

• Create a system restore point.
  
• Once done, press Windows key + I to open Settings..
• Select Personalization.
• Click Lock Screen.
• Under Background option, select Picture.
• Set a picture as a default lock screen background.
• Locate to: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_<characters>\Settings.
  
  Note: Make sure to unhide all hidden folders on Windows 10.
• In this folder, delete these: roaming.lock and settings.dat.
• Repeat steps 2-4.
• Under Background option, select Windows spotlight.
• See if the issue will persist.

If the issue still persist, re-register Windows Spotlight:

• Press Windows key + S.
• Type powershell.
• Select Windows PowerShell.
• On the PowerShell window, type: Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager -allusers | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register "$($_.InstallLocation)\appxmanifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode}
• Press Enter.
• See if your wallpaper will change.

Update us with the outcome so we can provide further assistance.