Windows 10: Windows Spotlight not working. Is switching back to picture

This problem started a year ago and whenever I try to switch the lockscreen setting to Windows Spotlight it switches back to picture when I click other tabs. The Windows Spotlight setting just doesn't want to stay on.


Also I must say that I disabled a lot of settings from windows 10 so I don't lag while I play games. I followed a Windows Optimization guide on YouTube (latest by TechYesCity) but I always followed those optimization guides and I had no problems.


Also I did do a clean reinstall of Windows 2 times actually and still nothing. I'm running latest Windows 10 version.


Specs: Intel Celeron CPU 1007U 1.50GHz (2 CPUs)

4gb ram

Windows 10 PRO 64-bit

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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

If that didn't work then what I originally did to get mine working was to:

1. Switch the Lock Screen from Spotlight to picture

2. Delete the image files in the Assets folder AND

3. Rename (add ".bak" to the file name) each of the files in settings Folder.

4. Close out of settings and restart the computer

5. After restarting switch the Lock Screen back to Spotlight, restart again, and give it several hours to see if new images are downloaded to the Assets folder and the Lock Screen starts updating with new Spotlight images.

I tried the suggestions of just deleting the image files or renaming the files in the Settings folder and neither seemed to accomplish anything by themselves. Doing both at the same time, however, got it working again. Again, that was before I found the
original steps listed in the previous message also got it working again for me.

It does seem, however, that the Spotlight Lock Screen feature is pretty fragile. My desktop went back to the default image after the last Windows update while laptop continued working fine after the same update.

Good Luck

 

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.