Windows 10: Windows Spotlight images suddenly stopped appearing on login screen

Discus and support Windows Spotlight images suddenly stopped appearing on login screen in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; It's a bit hit and miss in my experience. Sometimes from restart I see the spotlight image (but no option to like it or not) and more often a picture.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by leftisthominid, Dec 24, 2016.

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  1. DDELO
    ddelo Win User

    Windows Spotlight images suddenly stopped appearing on login screen


    Ohhhh.... thanks.
    So after all I did see Spotlight images before CU at startup....I'm not that old you know.... You just saved me a fortune!!! *Smile

    BTW There is a workaround, if someone is feeling like it.
    You can create a task to copy on a schedule (say once a day) the image
    C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\SystemData\S-1-5-21-XXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXX-1001\ReadOnly\LockScreen_O\LockScreen___1366_0768_notdimmed.jpg
    (this is the current Spotlight image), where XXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXX is your current account
    to
    C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\SystemData\S-1-5-18\ReadOnly\LockScreen_W\LockScreen___1366_0768_notdimmed.jpg
    (this the image currently selected as “Picture” on the lock screen settings of the last user to log in, even if Spotlight is selected as the lock screen Background).
    keeping in mind that these folders and files are owned by TrustedInstaller!
     
    ddelo, Sep 29, 2017
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  2. BREE
    Bree New Member

    Yes, in my experience too. The sign in screen picture has always been a bit of a mystery, even before Spotlight came into the equation.
     
    Bree, Sep 29, 2017
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  3. BREE
    Bree New Member
    This seems to have been changed/fixed in the Fall Creators Update. I now reliably see the current Spotlight picture on a restart or a cold start in 1709.

    BTW, if you ever do see the default Windows start up picture, it's not the 'cave' any more. The built-in pictures are found in C:\Windows\Web\Screen. The 'cave' is still there, but the default now appears to be img103.png - a lake in the mountains (the 'cave' is img100.png).
     
    Bree, Oct 17, 2017
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  4. DALCHINA
    dalchina New Member

    Windows Spotlight images suddenly stopped appearing on login screen

    What-- progress? Wow.. have we moved on from cave dwellers and pre-history? Great! *Biggrin
     
    dalchina, Apr 5, 2018
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