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How to fix Windows Spotlight Lock screen errors Is Windows Spotlight broken or stuck on the same image? If so, this guide details the steps to fix the issue.

Windows Spotlight is a feature included with Windows 10 that uses Bing to automatically download and set new background images on the Lock screen, to keep your experience fresh every time you sign in.

How to Use and Tweak Your Windows 10 Lock Screen. From the Settings screen, click on the category for Personalization and then click on the setting for Lock screen. The first thing we'll do is pick a background image for the Lock screen. Click on the drop-down menu under Background. Let's choose Windows Spotlight. Solution: With Windows 10 Enterprise or Education you can do this through GPO, we have Windows 10 Pro and are using only the Desktop WallPaper A site is looking to push out Windows 10 this summer and before I go ahead and make an image for the lock and login background's, I was wondering if anyone had managed this via.

The only caveat with Windows Spotlight is that sometimes it will stop working, or you'll notice that it gets stuck on the same image. Unfortunately, Windows 10 doesn't include an option to reset this feature. However, it's possible to fix the Windows Spotlight settings with this simple workaround.

In this Windows 10 guide, we show you the steps to fix Windows Spotlight on your computer and keep getting fresh images from Bing on your Lock screen.

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If the Windows Spotlight feature is stuck on the same image, or it's not working at all, you can use the following steps to fix the issue:

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  1. Open Settings.
  2. Click on Personalization.
  3. Click on Lock screen.

  4. Under 'Background,' make sure Windows Spotlight is NOT selected and change the option to Picture or Slideshow.

  5. Use the Windows key + R keyboard shortcut to open the Run command.

  6. Type the following path and click OK.

    %USERPROFILE%/AppDataLocalPackagesMicrosoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewyLocalStateAssets

  7. Select all the files (Ctrl + A) and hit the Delete key to clear all old images (if applicable).

  8. Use the Windows key + R keyboard shortcut to open the Run command again.

  9. Type the following path to where the Windows Spotlight settings are stored and click OK.

    %USERPROFILE%/AppDataLocalPackagesMicrosoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewySettings

  10. Right-click settings.dat and roaming.lock individually, then click Rename and name them settings.dat.bak and roaming.lock.bak.

  11. Restart your computer.
  12. Open Settings.
  13. Click on Personalization.
  14. Click on Lock screen.

  15. Under 'Background,' make sure to enable Windows Spotlight.

Once you complete these steps, you can lock your PC (Windows key + L), and the Lock screen should show new Bing images.

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If everything worked as expected, remember to go back to the Settings folders where Windows Spotlight stores the settings and delete the settings.dat.bak and roaming.lock.bak files.

Alternative method to fix Windows Spotlight

If the steps mentioned above didn't fix Windows Spotlight, you can try to reset the settings using the following steps:

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Click on Personalization.
  3. Click on Lock screen.

  4. Under 'Background,' make sure to enable Windows Spotlight. (If you don't enable the feature, you're likely to get an error while running the PowerShell command.)

  5. Open Start.
  6. Search for Windows PowerShell, right-click the result, and select Run as administrator.

  7. Enter the following command and press Enter to reset the Windows Spotlight:

    Get-AppxPackage -allusers *ContentDeliveryManager* foreach {Add-AppxPackage '$($_.InstallLocation)appxmanifest.xml' -DisableDevelopmentMode -register }

  8. Restart your computer.

After completing these steps, you should be able to lock your PC (Windows key + L), and the Lock screen should show new Bing images.

Source: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-fix-windows-spotlight-stuck-same-image-windows-10?passport=1526946645

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