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Copper Contributor

Mar 06, 2026

Windows Spotlight no longer working on Lock Screen

Hi there, This is a recurring issue that I used to be able to fix. I have tried every hack available online. Toggled on and off, cleared cache files, reregistered in Powershell, fix via command p...

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KapilArya

MVP

Mar 08, 2026

Hello,

Sometimes upgrading to a newer version or performing repair upgrade may help. Microsoft offers a support article for this:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fix-issues-by-reinstalling-the-current-version-of-windows-497ac6da-7cac-4641-82a5-f50398d879a0

Also, see if other suggestions in this fix helps you:

https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-windows-spotlight-not-working-in-windows-11

Let us know if this helps!

Note: Included link in this reply refers to blog post by a trusted Microsoft MVP.

Heidixje

Copper Contributor

Mar 10, 2026

Also, when trying to re-register Spotlight Feature, I get this (in red):

ForEach-Object : Cannot bind parameter 'RemainingScripts'. Cannot convert the "Get-AppxPackage" value of type

"System.String" to type "System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock".

At line:1 char:66

+ ... ryManager | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Registe ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [ForEach-Object], ParameterBindingException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ForEachObjectCommand