How to fix Windows Spotlight unchanged on Windows 10

In this article I will show you how to fix Windows Spotlight not running or changing images on Windows 10.

Through this article you will understand what is Windows Spotlight application? How to fix common Windows Spotlight errors, How to disable and how to download lock screen wallpapers from Windows Spotlight.

I. What is Windows Spotlight?

Windows Spotlight is a basic new feature built into Windows 10 by the publisher Microsoft, it allows us to download featured images and ads on Bing to our computer as a lock wallpaper, we can Select one or more favorite images as background.

In addition, it also has a special feature that allows you to set up Windows Spotlight settings to get images on Bing as the lock screen of your computer, and automatically change daily images.

While this feature adds a wealth of variety to your lock screens, it's not a perfect feature. Because the problem of Windows Spotlight stops working suddenly has made users very uncomfortable.

So, in the article below I will guide you in detail how to fix the above problem.

II. How to fix Windows Spotlight not running on Windows 10

We have two ways, the first is to fix it on the Windows settings, the second is to use File Explorer.

When you use the error "Windows Spotlight not working", the meaning of this error is that Windows Spotlight is not running (not working), now you can apply the following method to fix the error.

1. Fix errors by setting on Windows

In this section, I will guide you how to fix Windows Spotlight not working as follows.

Step 1: Click on Starts => Settings => Privavy => Background apps.

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Step 2: Check the status of two modes Microsoft Edge and Settings. If it's OFF then turn it on to ON.

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Step 3: Click the Home button to return to the screen in step 1, then navigate to Personalization => Lock screen, and change the Windows Spotlight mode to Picture or Slidehow mode as you like.

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Step 4: Download the file Reset_and_re-register_Windows_Spotlight.bat, then open the file, it will proceed to delete and restore Windows Spotlight.

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Step 5: Back to step 3, you switch back to Windows Spotlight mode and check if the image is automatically changed or not.

So in this section I have shared with you how to fix Windows Spotlight not working on Windows 10, you can follow it.

2. Correct errors using File Explorer

In this section, I will guide you how to fix Windows Spotlight not running / changing image on Windows 10, the steps are as follows.

Step 1: Turn off the Windows spotlight feature, I have the instructions in part III, you scroll down to see it.

Step 2: Open the Explorer file (Windows + E), then go to View => Show hide => check Hidden items.

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Step 3: You access the following link.

C: Users AppDataLocalPackagesMicrosoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_LocalStateAssets

In the Assets folder, you proceed to delete all files.

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Step 4: Re-open the Windows Spotlight feature on your computer and check if it works.

III. How to enable and disable the Windows Spotlight feature

1. How to enable Windows Spotlight feature

In this section I will guide you how to activate Windows Spotlight as follows.

Step 1: Click Starts => Settings => Personalization => Lock screen

Step 2: The durable screen below appears, choose Windows Spotlight.

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So just two simple steps you can turn on Windows Spotlight feature on your computer running Win 10.

2. How to turn off Windows Spotlight on Win 10

In this part, you do the same as in step 1 of part 1.

Step 2: You can switch from Windows Spotlight to Picture or Slideshow mode.

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IV. How to download a lock screen wallpaper from Windows Spotlight

In this section I will guide you how to download wallpapers from Windows Spotlight to your computer as follows.

Step 1: You access this link and choose your favorite wallpapers.

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Step 2: Before downloading, you need to have an account to sign in to Microsoft.

After logging in, you choose your favorite photo set and click Get to download, as shown below.

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Step 3: Download successfully, then click Settings => Themes and select the newly downloaded set of images as shown in the picture.

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Step 4: Run the Run dialog box (Windows + R) and enter the following command and press Ok.

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Step 5: After clicking OK, it will automatically access DesktopBackground.

You can use these images as background images, or you can download them from the link as shown in the picture.

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With the above simple steps, you can download beautiful image sets and use them for your purpose.

Thus, in this section I have shared with you how to fix Windows Spotlight not working on Windows 10, you can refer and follow. Good luck.

Isabella Humphrey

Update 04 May 2021