Solved Windows Spotlight Desktop Icon missing

Johnny007 · Sep 3, 2023

Hello recently I reinstalled my windows and was using Windows spotlight for desktop but after 1 month icon is gone and when I reset windows spotlight it didn't help in recoverying windows spotlight desktop icon. Windows Spotiligh is working fine for lockscreen. I changed lockscreen windows spotlight to picture and desktop to picture then reset windows spotight after restarting my pc I changed desktop to windows spotlight neither it recovered windows spotlight icon nor downloading any files or changing in these directories I saw %USERPROFILE%/AppDataLocalPackagesMicrosoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewySettings
%USERPROFILE%/AppDataLocalPackagesMicrosoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewyLocalStateAssets it looks like clicking windows spotlight for desktop doesn't effect nowhere
please kindly help thanks
I wasted my time too much and I don't want to reinstall the pc
Byeeee.

OAT · Sep 3, 2023

Please see if that works for you:

Add or Remove "Learn about this picture" Desktop icon in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Learn about this picture desktop icon when using Windows Spotlight as your desktop background for your account in Windows 11 and Windows 10. When you choose to have Windows Spotlight as your desktop background or theme, it will add a Learn...

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glasskuter · Sep 3, 2023

A search on this forum find many with the same issue. Search results for query: spotlight
Try the suggestions that they have been given, but I have noticed that most do not solve the issue.

DGN69 · Sep 4, 2023

Windows Spotlight (desktop) still has problems at the moment, we are patiently waiting for the fix.
I was also only able to bring it back with a clean install.

We also talked about this here:
Windows Spotlight stopped working, anyone else?

Johnny007 · Sep 4, 2023

OAT said:
Please see if that works for you:

Add or Remove "Learn about this picture" Desktop icon in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Learn about this picture desktop icon when using Windows Spotlight as your desktop background for your account in Windows 11 and Windows 10. When you choose to have Windows Spotlight as your desktop background or theme, it will add a Learn...

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I tried this one but it didn't help regedit itself deleting the value after registering this whenever I change settings Picture->Windows Spotlight for desktop. value itself deletes

Johnny007 · Sep 27, 2023

problem is solved if anyone facing same problem they can create a local account and use windows spotlight desktop for some minutes until a picture is loaded on desktop then they can go to their main admin account to check if its working now or not you can delete the local the account if it worked this is how I solved my problem. thanks byeee have a nice day

TzOk · Jan 4, 2025

If the Spotlight wallpapers are working, only the desktop icon is missing, you may create a new folder on your desktop, and name it "Learn about this picture.{2cc5ca98-6485-489a-920e-b3e88a6ccce3}". It is not an elegant solution, as originally this folder is not created in the filesystem, but the result will be (almost) the same. The drawback is - when you disable Spotlight, the icon won't disappear, you will have to remove it manually (delete the folder).

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