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I once broke my Spotlight by digging into the registry to try to 'un-like' a picture. An in-place repair install fixed it for me.
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade
I did an upgrade with the tool and it did not fix the lock screen spotlight issue.
I was following the advice of a MS tech.
I came to report that spotlight changed the image today at boot. Then, I locked the screen to check again and it asked me if I liked it too. It works now. Seems like it took a day or so to work for some reason. Maybe there was an update. I'm not sure. Either way it works now.
Yes, I've found that too when I've had to reset it. It seems to take its time before downloading a fresh set of images. It won't work until it has downloaded some new ones. You can check on its progress by looking at its Assets folder where it keeps the images.
Find and Save Windows Spotlight Background Images in Windows 10
I really appreciate your keeping me informed. Sadly, my skill level is too low for that type of work. I guess I will have to live with it. Maybe the next update will have a fix.
I reinstalled the OS to no avail.
Tried all the ticks. I did a macrium recovery of an image and it works, for now.
There is no doubt it is not worth pursuing as it is a damaged feature.
There has certainly been some work done on Spotlight for the new build. Changes for the better include....
...as I said in post #2, but those same changes seem to have made it (even more) fragile....for the first time ever the Spotlight picture appears at boot up - previously it was always the default Windows picture...