Is There a Way to Find Out Where the Pictures on Microsoft Screensavers Are From

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To assist you with your concern, kindly refer to Ramesh Srinivasan's post regarding this issue.

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Thanks Ralph, but it has nothing to do with my problem. He's pointing to the picture location on the HDD.

I want to have option like on the screenshot above. When I lock my PC I want to be able to see where the picture was taken. That's the feature in Windows 10 that should be available after anniversary update ( version 1607 or above ).

You can read more about this Spotlight feature here:

http://www.intowindows.com/know-where-a-windows-spotlight-picture-was-taken/

Unfortunately, this option is not available for me despite having Windows 10 up to date.

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To further assist you, kindly follow these steps:

1. Change the Lock Screen setting from Windows Spotlight to Picture or Slideshow.
2. Restart the computer.
3. Change it back to Windows Spotlight to refresh the image data for Spotlight.
4. Restart the computer.

If the same issue occur, kindly refer on thislink to run both the System File Checker (SFC) and DISM to check for system file corruption.

If both scans are good, follow the steps on thislink to create a new user profile.

Kindly check if the same issue will occur with the new user profile.

Keep us posted.

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Hi Ralph,

I've followed your steps but the issue still persist.

No errors in sfc /scannow or dism.

Same issue on new profile.

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To isolate the issue, kindly perform the following:

1. On the Windows menu, type "gpedit.msc" and press Enter.
2. Go to Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Cloud Content.
3. Send us the screenshot of the settings configured in that folder.
4. Go to User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Cloud Content.
5. Also send the screenshot of the settings configured in that folder.

After sending the screenshots, please follow these steps:

1. On the Windows menu, type "regedit" and press Enter.
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lock Screen\Creative.
3. Right click "Creative folder".
4. Click "Export".
5. Save it on your desktop then upload it on OneDrive.
6. Share the file and give us the link. You can refer on thislink on how to share files from OneDrive.

Looking forward to your response.

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Hi Ralph,

Please find both screenshots below.

Computer Configuration:

User Configuration:

Link for registry enty:

https://1drv.ms/u/s!ArAgjIpCfieRi3LbdtlcnWnYOefD

Thanks for your help!

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I am having the exact same issue...

Are you joined to a domain?

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I am not joined to the domain, are you? What version of Windows do you have? Pro? Ultimate?

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I have one on the domain and one off...both not working.  Windows 10 Pro

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Is There a Way to Find Out Where the Pictures on Microsoft Screensavers Are From

Source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-know-where-the-windows-spotlight-photos/7588d765-3f7f-405e-a119-aa4c335762f0

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