Windows 10: Windows Spotlight For lock screen is not working windows 11 23h2

Hey there microsoft teamMy windows spotlight for lock screen isn't working for a few months. I tried several ways toe fix it like resetting windows spotlight, re registering windows spotlight and even resetting my PC but nothing worked. Whenever I change option from picture to windows spotlight it automatically changes to picture again . Windows spotlight works for my pc background when it is open but not in the lock screen. So please help me with this issue.Thanks

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Windows 11 - Spotlight will not work on Lock screen

Hi,

Problem

• Windows Spotlight will not work on Lock screen – Just a black screen is displayed.
  

Build Info and Background

• Our desktop PC is a 64-bit PC running Windows 11 Home vsn 23H2 OS Build 22631.3235 and all the latest drivers are installed.
  
• Our Desktop PC is functioning normally.
  
• We have 2 Admin accounts configured.
  
• Windows Spotlight works perfectly on Lock screen of only 1 or the 2 accounts.
  
• Windows Spotlight work perfectly as the wallpaper on both accounts.
  

Things I’ve Tried

• I have done an in-place upgrade of Windows 11 which fixed the problem for a few hours and then the lock screen went black again.
  
• For the account with the spotlight lock screen issue…
  
  • It doesn’t matter if the “Show the lock screen background picture on the Sign-in screen” is ON or OFF.
    
  • I can change the background to a default picture, or specify a personal photo, and it works perfectly.
    
  • If I set the Lock screen to a slideshow it just displays the default picture I previously selected.
    
  • From the Command Prompt (with Admin Privileges) I have run DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth and it said “The operation completed successfully.” But Spotlight on the lock screen still didn’t work.
    

What else can I try?



Thanking you in advance for your help, Dave

 

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/Lock screen

Hi, after many attempts, I got Spotlight back up and running. 'Like what you see' had disappeared, and the image wasn't changing when Spotlight was selected.

I'm not sure which of this sequence proved effective. Maybe some combination.

Note:
1. Spotlight worked in another account if I switched to it.
2. Deleting all images (they are jpg's with no extension) in
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assetsdid not solve the problem but the folder was repopulated when I enabled Spotlight. (Some report this not happening).

3. Simply switching to Picture from Spotlight, and back again and trying the Lock screen did not help
4. Re-registering all apps for the current account as suggested in one post did not help. (Note- there's no specific registration instruction related to Spotlight in the tutorial list).

5. What worked? Finally, I made a random decision to 'Choose an app to show detailed status' (on the lock screen). I chose Weather.
This worked.

What stopped it working? I think possibly disabling the lock screen using Winaero's tweaker, then enabling it again.