“Windows Highlights” option showing different images on the lock screen. If the background “Windows: Interesting” is selected in the system settings for the lock screen, and the same image is constantly displayed on the lock screen itself, try resetting and re-registering “Windows: Interesting”. In today’s article, we’ll take a look at how to reset and re-register Windows Highlights when it stops working and gets stuck on the same image.
1. Go to the Start menu and open Settings.
2. Click on “Personalization” => on the left side select “Lock screen”, on the right side next to “Background” select “Photo” or “Slideshow”.
3. Open “Explorer”, in the address bar, insert
% USERPROFILE% / AppDataLocalPackagesMicrosoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewyLocalStateAssets
and press the Enter key.
4. Select and delete all content (you can press ctrl + a to select and del to delete).
5. Open “Explorer”, in the address bar, insert
% USERPROFILE% / AppDataLocalPackagesMicrosoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewySettings
and press the Enter key.
6. Select and delete all content (you can press ctrl + a to select and del to delete).
7. Open PowerShell as administrator: one of the ways is to write PowerShell in the search bar, right-click on the found result and select “Run as administrator”.
8. Enter the command
& {$ manifest = (Get-AppxPackage * ContentDeliveryManager *). InstallLocation + 'AppxManifest.xml'; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $ manifest}
and press the Enter key.
9. Restart your computer, go to the Start menu => Settings => Personalization => on the left side select “Lock screen” => on the right side next to “Background” select “Windows: Interesting”. Lock your computer to make sure Windows Highlights is working again.
That’s all for today, if you know other methods – write in the comments! Good luck ?
