How do I get Windows Spotlight back? The photos from around the world thing?

Draeger · 27 Aug 2022 at 09:34

I know it is a minor thing but I quite liked having the different photos of places around the world come up at the login screen. I've not changed any settings anywhere but it seems to have stopped doing this, its just a plain blue screen I get now?

Any idea how to get it back? I've checked my lock screen settings and it shows 'Windows Spotlight' (screenie below) so not sure what's happened. Running Windows 11 Home on an HP Omen gaming laptop.

Ta

something daft already!! · 27 Aug 2022 at 09:35

Have you tried toggling the setting and rebooting? Still working fine here on Windows 11.

Draeger · 27 Aug 2022 at 09:41

Tried that just now, didn't work unfortunately.

AthlonXP1800 · 29 Aug 2022 at 10:02

I had same issue 2 days ago after installed KB5016691 and realised today I had same blue picture for 2 days. I checked Personalisation>Lockscreen toggled Windows Spotlight to Picture then back to Windows Spotlight but picture did not changed. I toggled back to Picture and clicked on 3 recent images to changed images then toggled back to Windows Spotlight and noticed recent image changed to random Windows Spotlight image. I restarted PC checked Windows Spotlight is now worked.

Draeger · 29 Aug 2022 at 10:51

Cheers for that, it worked for me too!!! Brilliant, ta.