If you are using Windows 10, you might already know about Windows Spotlight. In case you are not aware of this awesome feature, Windows Spotlight fetches beautiful images from the Internet(usually from Bing) and automatically set them as your lock screen wallpapers. So you see a new lock screen background every-time you start your PC. Windows spotlight is disabled by default and you have to enable it in Personalize. Sometimes, Windows spotlight stuck on one picture and you see the same picture every time you sign in to your PC. This post will help you to resolve this by resetting windows spotlight settings. The step by step guide to fix Window Spotlight feature is given below.

Windows Spotlight stuck on one picture

  • Before starting, make sure you have an active Internet connection because spotlight feature of Windows 10 requires Internet to download images. If you have a working Internet connection but still spotlight image does not change, you need to reset the windows spotlight preferences.
  • Open Settings either by pressing Win key + I or from the start menu. Go to Personalize and select Lock screen. Under the Background option, select Picture and choose any picture. We need to do this in order to stop spotlight service so that we can reset it.
reset windows spotlight preferences
  • Next, open Windows explorer and navigate to the following location:
C:\Users\Blackviper\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\Settings
  • Here the characters after the ContentDeliveryManager_ might be different in your case. In this folder, there are two files with names roaming.lock and settings.dat . If there are no files, you need to check the Hidden items under the View menu.
windows spotlight stuck on one picture
windows spotlight stuck
  • In order to reset the Windows spotlight settings, delete both the above files. Go back to Lock screen settings and set Spotlight as lockscreen background.
  • If resetting the spotlight does not fix the problem, you need to re- register the Windows Spotlight.
  • Open the Start Menu and select Windows Powershell. Copy the following and paste it in Windows Powershell. Hit enter.
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager -allusers | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register "$($_.InstallLocation)\appxmanifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode}
windows spotlight doesn't change
reset windows spotlight preferences
  • You have successfully re- registered the Windows Spotlight. Next time when you sign in to Windows, you will see a new beautiful image as your lock-screen background.
Hope this helps you and you can make the Windows spotlight feature working again. If face any problem, feel free to share by commenting below. You can also download Windows Spotlight images and use them as your desktop wallpaper.