Windows spotlight not work!!

SkyFixer said:

...This is a very nice weekend for me! I finally was able to solve all the problems within my Windows including Spotlight!
I ended doing a: Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade
This worked perfect for me, fixed Spotlight to its core and fixed another WinUpdate issue I was having....

Yes, that is a surprisingly painless fix for many obscure problems....

I should warn people about using "Anti-spy" like "O&O ShutUp10" for me was the one who messed up my Windows....

I would second that. 3rd-party 'tweakers' can cause all sorts of 'odd' problems if not used carefully. I avoid them, and have never had any issues. My System One below has been upgraded from its original W7 through every version of W10 from the original release up to the current 1903 without a single problem.

Hi All – I’m new here so please don’t be to hard on me.

Over several months I spent many hours trying to resolve this problem, trying everything on here and on Google without success, things only got worse, at one stage I considered giving up entirely – was it really worth the hassle trying to fix something which was merely decoration and not essential - but I don’t like to be beaten and it was getting the better of me. Windows Spotlight was working OK on my partners profile (separate login) so I decided to give it another “one last try” using the files & folders from her profile - low & behold – 4 days later - Spotlight started working again on my profile, if anything better than it was before – the wallpaper now changes nearly everyday - don’t know if it will help or work for others – but this is what I did ………..

Created a Macrium Reflex HDD BackUp

Went to :
C:\Users\{{{ My Name}}}\AppData\Local\Packages\ Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState

Created a Folder called “Old Stuff”

Cut the entire tree of folders (except “Old Stuff”) from Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState

Pasted the contents into the newly created “Old Stuff” Folder.

_____________________________________________________________________

Went to
C:\Users\{{{ Annie }}}\AppData\Local\Packages\ Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState

Copied the entire tree of folders from Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState

Pasted the contents into
C:\Users\{{{ My Name}}}\\AppData\Local\Packages\ Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState

_____________________________________________________________________

That was approx 6 weeks ago – after a week I deleted the “Old Stuff” folder and all is still OK

HTH

Well I have to say that I tried every solution that I found in dozens of different sites. Nothing worked for me. Finally I discovered something that made spotlight working again. In Settings -> Time & Language -> Region on the right pane under Regional format I selected Recommended [English (United States)] (because my version of windows is English – United States. For you maybe it’s different) which is located at the top of the list. “Country or region” setting is irrelevant and you can choose whatever you like. Without any other action spotlight started to work. Obviously the selected format didn’t match my preferences which is Greek, so after little research I came up with a new solution which leaves the regional format intact. In Control Panel -> Region select Administrative tab and press Copy settings button. On the new window check 1. “Welcome screen and system accounts” and 2. “New user accounts” so the format matches in all three areas marked with arrow. Press OK button twice and voila: Spotlight is back in life. Just give it some time to download new image.

LMGR68 said:

Well I have to say that I tried every solution that I found in dozens of different sites. Nothing worked for me. Finally I discovered something that made spotlight working again. In Settings -> Time & Language -> Region on the right pane under Regional format I selected Recommended [English (United States)] (because my version of windows is English – United States. For you maybe it’s different) which is located at the top of the list. “Country or region” setting is irrelevant and you can choose whatever you like. Without any other action spotlight started to work. Obviously the selected format didn’t match my preferences which is Greek, so after little research I came up with a new solution which leaves the regional format intact. In Control Panel -> Region select Administrative tab and press Copy settings button. On the new window check 1. “Welcome screen and system accounts” and 2. “New user accounts” so the format matches in all three areas marked with arrow. Press OK button twice and voila: Spotlight is back in life. Just give it some time to download new image.

How long?