Reset and Re-register Windows Spotlight in Windows 10

Brink · 01 Dec 2017

You're most welcome berlaufr, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)

lepa71 · 20 Dec 2017

Brink said:

How does it work for a new account to see if this issue is just with your account or system wide?

Sorry for the late response. I have created a new local user and spotlight is working on it. So the question now. How do I make mine to work?

Thanks

Brink · 20 Dec 2017

@lepa71, :)

You could try resetting Windows Spotlight one more time to see if it may be able to fix it his time around.

lepa71 · 20 Dec 2017

Nope. It didn't work. The setting to Spotlight does not stick. When I select spotlight on screen lock settings and then come back, the setting gets revert back to pictures setting.

Any other ideas?

Thanks

Brink · 20 Dec 2017

It's a bit drastic, but you could try doing a repair install to hopefully fix it without losing anything.

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade Installation Upgrade Tutorials

lepa71 · 22 Dec 2017

Tried it as well. It does not work.
Anything else I can try.

I also found this Windows Spotlight not working in Windows 10, 1709 build 16299.64 - Microsoft Community

May it can help someone.

Brink · 22 Dec 2017

Short of resetting Windows 10, you could use a new account instead, and copy over any files you wanted from the old account.

lepa71 · 22 Dec 2017

I would prefer to avoid it.

rnchez · 23 Dec 2017

Thanks Brink your Batch File worked beautifully :)

Brink · 23 Dec 2017

I'm glad it was able to help rnchez. :)