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Fix ‘Windows Spotlight not working’ with a customized slideshow

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Spotlight is one of the groovy customization options you can select in Windows 10 to add random Bing wallpapers to the lock screen. Then you can select whether to include more or fewer pictures comparable to the one displayed on lock screen. However, some users have reported that Windows Spotlight isn’t working for them. If that’s the case, you don’t necessarily need tofix Spotlightas you can still set up a custom lock screen slideshow with Bing images.

Set up a Bing Lock Screen With Lock Screen Slideshow Options

Convert Windows Spotlight Pictures to JPEG

Windows Spotlight saves Bing wallpapers in an Assets folder, but they aren’t in an image format. However, you can still convert pictures there to an image format suitable for a Bing lock screen. Then you can add them to a folder to set up a lock screen with.

Set up a new Bing Lock Screen With the SpotBright app

SpotBright is an app with which you can also save a plethora of full HD Windows Spotlight images to your hard drive. Then you can set up a new Bing lock screen slideshow with the app by unlocking some of its settings with an in-app purchase. ThisWindows Report articleprovides further SpotBright details.

So that’s how you can add a custom Bing wallpaper slideshow to the lock screen ifWindows Spotlightis not working in Windows 10. The only notable difference is that you can’t vote on the lock screen images as you can with Windows Spotlight. However, the custom Bing image slideshows don’t include anylock screen app ads, which are only removed with Windows Spotlight switched off.

Matthew Adams

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