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The Windows Spotlight feature on the lock screen displays random images along with advertising information or useful tips available on Windows 10 ISO. However, after using it for a few days, if you find those tips unchanged or the same images repeating, it's not because Windows Spotlight has run out of images or tips but because Windows Spotlight has encountered an error causing new information and images not to be downloaded. And to fix that issue, you need to reset the lock screen spotlight image on Windows 10 ISO.
Repairing Windows Spotlight is essential because we always need a dynamic screen that changes constantly instead of the default mode with a boring fixed wallpaper. Furthermore, when opening Windows Spotlight in Windows 10, you also get to refer to many useful tips when using Windows. Of course, it comes with ads, but they are very few and do not take up much screen space. According to statistics, the majority of users choose and open Windows Spotlight in Windows 10 as their lock screen, and if you love this feature, you surely won't sit still if it's faulty, right?
Guide to resetting Windows 10 lock screen spotlight images.
Step 1: The first thing you need to do when Windows Spotlight encounters an error is to turn it off immediately, right-click on the Desktop and select personalize.
Step 2: In the Personalize section, click on Lock Screen and change the Background part, you can switch from Windows Spotlight to Picture or Slideshow according to your preference.
Step 3: After the switch, press Windows + R then enter this code to access: %USERPROFILE%/AppDataLocalPackagesMicrosoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewyLocalStateAssets
Step 4: Inside the shared folder, if you find any files there, delete all of them.
Step 5: Continuing, press Windows + R again and enter this code: %USERPROFILE%/AppDataLocalPackagesMicrosoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewySettings
Step 6: In this section, you'll find 2 parts: roaming.lock and setting.dat, proceed to rename these 2 files, adding .bak extension to both.
Step 7: If the system asks for confirmation to rename, press YES to proceed.
Step 8: Once you've renamed the 2 files, restart Windows 10.
Step 9: After restarting, the entire Windows Spotlight has been reset, and you can go back to Personalize > Lock Screen to select Windows Spotlight again.
So we've completed the task of resetting Windows 10 lock screen spotlight images, helping Windows Spotlight return to its original state. Resetting Windows 10 lock screen spotlight images is much better than resetting Windows 10 to its original state in many cases. Of course, that only happens when your system has too many issues, and resetting Windows 10 to its original state is also the last resort solution you should apply.
In addition, for those who want to quickly shut down Windows 10 every time without waiting for each application to close one by one, the following guide on how to quickly shut down Windows 10 will greatly help you, refer to and follow the instructions.
