Spotlight

Question

Hi,

Spotlight seems to have stopped working and I've noticed I do not have a roaming.lock file. Please advise.

Thanks, Jeremy

Answer 1

Follow the instructions to disable SpotLight, reboot your PC and re-enable it. Check if settings.dat and roaming.lock are created. Also try the powershell commands proposed.

Answer 2

OK thanks I'll try this. But NB the settings.dat and roaming.lock files don't seem to be there

Answer 3

Thank you for the feedback. You can also try some other procedures related to Spotlight issues, please, follow the link below:

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-fix-windows-...

Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.

Answer 4

Thank you. I've checked the

C:\Users\jerem\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\Settings

folder.

It does not seem to have changed. Btw this is to do with Spotlight

Answer 5

Hi, my name is Anderson Souza, I hope I can help you with your issue.

We can start by checking the integrity of your system files. Windows has two tools commonly used for this purpose: SFC and DISM.

The System File Checker (SFC) tool built into Windows will scan your Windows system files for corruption or any other changes. If a file has been modified, it will automatically replace that file with the correct version. If the SFC command doesn’t work, you can also try the Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) command to repair the underlying Windows system image.

[ Using System File Checker in Windows 10 ]

System File Checker is a utility in Windows 10 that checks for problems with files on your computer. To run it, follow these steps:

Make sure you've installed the latest updates for Windows 10, and then restart your machine. To find out more, read Update Windows 10.

In the search box on the taskbar, type Command Prompt, and right-click or press and hold Command Prompt (Desktop app) from the list of results. Select Run as administrator, and then select Yes.

Type

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth

(note the space before each "/"), and then press Enter. (Note: This step may take a few minutes to start and up to 30 minutes to complete.)

After you see a message that says "The operation completed successfully," type

sfc /scannow

(note the space between "sfc" and "/") and press Enter.

After you see a message that says, "Verification 100% complete," type exit.