Windows Spotlight Not Updating
I was also frustrated by this very same issue with the Windows Spotlight Lockscreen image on Windows 10.Being unable to 'change your mind' after having previously selected either 'I want more' or 'Not a fan' is a real pain. I've described below what worked for me. It may not be a full solution, especially if Microsoft change the way Spotlight works, but for now it seems to be a good enough work around.WARNING: This involves changing values in the Windows Registry so be warned that it is generally considered a dangerous practice if you're not sure of what you're doing. Proceed at your own risk. Don't hold me liable if you break your machine.The basic idea is that the current lockscreen image is stored at the following registry path:HKEYCURRENTUSERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionLock ScreenCreative. Open the Windows Registry.
Follow the registry path:HKEYCURRENTUSERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionLock ScreenCreative. Find the key ' CreativeJson' and double click on it. The 'Edit String' dialog will open.
Go to the 'Value data' field. It contains a rather long json string with parameters affecting how the lockscreen image operates. Start scrolling through the json string from the very left and you'll find a lot of key-value pairs in there including: 'creativeId', 'placementId', 'impressionToken' among others. (These are not very useful for what we need, but i've pointed them out just as a check-point to see if you're on the right track). The important ones for this process start approaching when you see 'onHover', 'onPositiveFeedback', 'onNegativeFeedback' and the one that will solve our problems 'feedbackProvided'.
If you've previously given feedback it will have value of ' true'. If you have not it will be ' false'. So in our case where we want to change the decision we made, it should already read 'true', so it will involve changing the value from 'true' to 'false'. Change this particular value and it should read now 'feedbackProvided':false (NB: Don't change anything else. The entire rest of the string should remain the same).
Once you've done this click 'Ok' and you can close the registry. If you lock your screen now the current image should now allow you to make a choice again.Note: As this registry path holds the settings for the current lock screen image, several parameters will obviously change when the Windows decides to change the lock screen for you. I think among these many parameters they have some sort of 'Time-to-Live' for the current lockscreen.Note2: The location of where the images are stored is also found at the registry path mentioned above, but at the Registry Key 'HotspotImageFolderPath'. On most Win 10 machines at the moment, the default should be:C:UsersUSERNAMEAppDataLocalPackagesMicrosoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManagercw5n1h2txyewy LocalStateAssetsUpdate: Here is a Powershell script to update the feedback flag: $creativeJson = (Get-ItemProperty 'HKCU:SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionLock ScreenCreative').CreativeJson ConvertFrom-Json$creativeJson.cdm.feedbackEvents.feedbackProvided = $falseNew-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionLock ScreenCreative' -Name CreativeJson -Value ($creativeJson ConvertTo-Json -Depth 100 -Compress) -Force. Hello from 9 months later. I ran into this issue and went into the indicated registry key, but I am unable to edit it! I have tried to run regedit as Adminstrator (although my account is already admin.it's my personal laptop).
Clicking Modify on CreativeJson shows me an empty box. Other keys that I've spot-checked do appear to be editable, however. Any idea why this might be? Also, is it safe to edit via the Edit Binary Data option? I can find the spot in that box that I need to edit.I changed it to see if I could but didn't click OK.–Jan 17 '17 at 15:22. I just encountered the same issue as described by Blazinator. And note: This is after having previously been able to view and edit the string.However I can inform that THE STRING IS ACTUALLY THERE!
It is just invisible, for some reason: But you can highlight and copy it: Here's how:. Press the home key to place the cursor at the start of the string. then press both the shift + end keys to highlight the wholestring (you can't see it's highlighted but it is).
Press ctrl+c (or right-click and select 'copy' from the menu').Then you can paste the whole string to notepad and edit it there (Note: It'll be a good idea to de-select Word Wrap in the 'Format' menu, or it might spur in some carriage return chars). And when done editing then copy and paste the whole string back (make sure to overwrite or delete the original (invisible) content).In response to the original post, however: The 'feedbackProvided' part of the string, reads 'false' even though I have clicked the 'like'. So my alternative solution for now is to simply replace the image file with a different image of the same filename.
Windows Spotlight Not Updating Windows 7
Here's how:. Find the image file in the folder specified in Note 2 above andcopy it to a convenient location. The images are.jfif format; simply add.jfif as extension and openwith some graphics program. (Tip: if you copy all the images and addthe.jfif extension to them all then you can easily spot which oneit is). Then paste a different image over it and save.
Then remove the.jfif extension again, and copy it back to theimages folder, thus overwriting the original file.That'll work too.
Hi geobbu,Welcome to the forum.If I understand you correctly your lock screen works. But only displays a former image where as you wish to change the image viewed and thus far have had no success.There is a couple of options you have in this scenario.Option One — Use the built in trouble shooting tools (in this case System Maintenance tool). Right-click on Start.
Windows Spotlight Not Updating
Left-click on Control Panel. In the Control Panel window select View by: Large icons. Click on Troubleshooting.
When the Troubleshooting window opens in the left pane click on View all. After a few seconds a list of troubleshoot tools will appear. Click on System Maintenance. This will open the System Maintenance window. Click on Advanced.
Make sure Apply repairs automatically is checked then click on Run as administrator. This will return you to the System Maintenance windows. %localappdata%PackagesMicrosoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManagercw5n1h2txyewyLocalStateAssetsPress Enter key to open the Assets folder. Making certain you are in the Assets folder click the Home tab then click Select all in the top toolbar. When all items in the Assets folder are selected in the Home tab click on DeleteYou'll be prompted whether you wish to delete all. Agree.After a few seconds the folder will empty. Close File Explorer folders.
Return to your Start Settings Personalization Lockscreen windowUnder Background click the drop arrows and select Windows SpotlightFinally close the settings windows so you can view your Desktop again and to test lock screen is active now simply press Windows key + L to lock the screen. Assuming all is working there you ought to be able to return to Lock Screen settings and select an image you wish.
Just remember additional images are downloaded via internet so your internet connection needs to be on when changing settings there.Regards,Regedit32. Ahh, I did not realise you had deleted the actual images for Spotlight.You ought to be able to replace them again. I'll just need to think of a simple way to do this. Possibly I can upload the default images to the forum for you to download and put into the correct folder.If it is still displaying a former image that must still exist, and there may be a Registry key storing the command to load this image that can be manipulated.I'll explore the options later today when I have time to spend on this and report back on a possible resolution.In the meanwhile, others in the Forum Community may have suggestions too and may respond quicker than myself so keep an eye out for any ideas others have. Hi again,I just wanted to double-check how you are trying to change image.When I change my lock screen this is what I do:. I go to Start Settings Personalization Lock Screen. I then click the drop arrow under Background and select picture.
I then select a new picture. I then click that drop arrow again and re-select Windows Spotlight. Finally, I close the settings windowsAt this point I can press Winkey + L to lock my screen and the image has changed to the new one I choseCan you confirm these are the steps you are doing too please.