Windows 10: Windows Spotlight Lockscreen Not Working

Hi,


I'm having three issues: sfc /scannow, chkdsk c:/f, chkdsk c:/r, and Windows Spotlight Lockscreen are all not working.


What happened? Basically, I tried System Restore to fix the issue with sfc /scannow and chkdsk, but this caused Windows Lockscreen to stop working.


1 Yesterday I tried sfc/ scannow in PowerShell, but got the error: 'Windows resource protection could not perform the requested operation'. To fix that, I tried chkdsk c:/r but got another error: 'Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process'. I then tried chkdsk c:/f only to get the same error.


2 I did a System Restore, which didn't fix the issue with sfc or chkdsk, and instead, caused Windows Spotlight Lockscreen to stop working picture never changes and fun facts disappeared. I gave up on fixing sfc and chkdsk, and am now trying to fix Windows Spotlight.


3 I pressed WindKey+L, and fun facts reappeared. Thinking the issue was fixed, I shutdown my laptop last night.


4 Turned it back on today to find the lockscreen never changed but fun facts were still there it use to have a different picture everyday. I installed Windows Updates and Restarted, but this didn't fix it.


5 I followed the instructions to this tutorial:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YBjc4qd_9h

M which did nothing, so I restored those files from the Recycle Bin back to their original folder.


5 I then followed the instructions to a different tutorial: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rT3s-ZoQYn

8 which made everything worse now fun facts won't even appear if I press WindKey+L, so again I restored the files.


Before I make matters worse, can someone here please help me? I don't care about sfc /scannow or chkdsk though I'd like to fix those later on but for now I'd like to fix Windows Spotlight. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks,

Holli W

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Hi

Two weeks ago my lockscreen spotlight stop working.

I tried everything I found on the Internet but nothing worked.

I tried:

1.Windows Spotlight Not Working? Fix It with a Reset or Re-Register

2. Windows 10 Spotlight stopped working? Here's the fix.

3. Update the system

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