Spotlight Folder is Empty

On all of my other win 10 computers the Spotlight folder is at
C: Users [your username] AppData Local Packages
Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2tx yewy LocalState
Assets
But the one I'm sitting at now has no files at all in this location.
The folder does exist, however. The computer is set to enable Spotlight
pictures on the lock screen, but I can't remember the last time the
picture changed.

My computer is running version 1903, and hidden files are set to be visible.

Do you know why there's nothing in the "Spotlight" folder?

anon wrote:
On all of my other win 10 computers the Spotlight folder is at
C: Users [your username] AppData Local Packages
Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2tx yewy LocalState
Assets
But the one I'm sitting at now has no files at all in this location. The
folder does exist, however. The computer is set to enable Spotlight
pictures on the lock screen, but I can't remember the last time the
picture changed.

My computer is running version 1903, and hidden files are set to be
visible.

Do you know why there's nothing in the "Spotlight" folder?

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...ws-10-a-7.html

turned ON Edge & Settings
(which had been set to off clicked Win Key + L Spotlight.

I don't know what setting that is, but it's probably in
the settings wheel somewhere.

At this point, it's no time to be deleting stuff.

Work with any setting which is "claimed" to be a factor.

*******

When an App has the in-box bit set, that prevents
removal, and the file system permissions are pretty
hard (but not impossible) to delete. It's hard to say
whether the OS "recognizes" the damage you've done,
when you do something like that.

There is an application which can be used to acquire
a TrustedInstaller token from Tiworker (you have to ensure
Tiworker is running before running the application).
That allows launching a Command Prompt with the ability
to delete such materials.

There is a database file that stores the status of in-box
apps, and you can set the in-box bit to zero for
an application like that, which might make it easier
to repair.

Linux isn't much help, because of the damage that Windows
"new style compression" does to system files. Linux claims
"I/O Error" when you work in such areas, which is why removal
isn't as easy as it could be.

Paul

anon wrote:
On all of my other win 10 computers the Spotlight folder is at
C: Users [your username] AppData Local Packages
Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2tx yewy LocalState
Assets
But the one I'm sitting at now has no files at all in this location. The
folder does exist, however. The computer is set to enable Spotlight
pictures on the lock screen, but I can't remember the last time the
picture changed.

My computer is running version 1903, and hidden files are set to be
visible.

Do you know why there's nothing in the "Spotlight" folder?

One other possibility, is the download engines on your OS
are damaged.

I think it's theoretically possible to disable BITS,
then set the DoSVC bandwidth/connection settings to
zero, and just about "cut off the ability to download",
at least for services that use the normal methods of
download.

When I hobbled these subsystems a bit, then waited
for the OS to do a Windows Upgrade, the upgrade engine
changed strategies, and downloaded one large file with
a ton of packages in it. And it could do that with
one connection. So the software does recognize the possibility
it can be "starved" by someone with GPEDIT.

It's dead easy of course, for any software to just
download stuff using any old method. A Microsoft
developer could put a "wget.exe" in their folder,
and completely bypass BITS and DoSVC, so it's not like
there are any guarantees with this stuff.

Paul