Okay, so it's happened again. Started maybe two days ago, but I needed to wait to see if it was actually happening or if it was just a little slow to change.
What needs to be done now?
Why does Windows Spotlight lock screen keep getting stuck, over and over again?
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Anonymous
So the Windows Spotlight lock screen keeps getting stuck every couple of weeks lately. I know that this solution will work to get it unstuck:
However, I have to keep running this solution every few weeks over again! I used to have to resort to this solution once every year or two in the past, but now it's every few weeks.
I notice that whenever this problem happens, the settings.dat file is about 256 KB in size, but when it's running properly, it's only 128 KB.
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Anonymous
2020-12-30T23:24:01+00:00 -
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Sumit D - IA 170.7K Reputation points Independent Advisor2020-12-25T05:34:23+00:00 Unfortunately no. I am subscribed to the thread, so let us know if it stops working again, even it is after a couple of weeks. Good luck!
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Anonymous
2020-12-25T05:16:40+00:00 Okay, but this thing happens rather intermittently once every two weeks or so. Is there a way to test to see if it worked ahead of that?
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Sumit D - IA 170.7K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2020-12-24T10:54:51+00:00 Hi BlackJacques,
I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 3 year Windows Insider MVP here to help.
Let us check if the Settings app is causing an issue.
Go to Settings>Privacy>Background apps.
Is the Settings App running in the background? If so, toggle it off and on again and check. If not, enable the same.
Keep us posted.