I've been trying to display the weather and other widgets on my screen, but no matter how many times I try, it just doesn't work. I even restarted my PC, but that didn’t fix the issue. I went into the settings, navigated to the lock screen, and selected the weather option, but it still doesn’t work. I also tried setting Windows Spotlight as my background, but that didn’t help either. Please assist!
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Alright, thanks.
Please do these steps here - Spotlight also powers the Widgets as well.
http://yourwindowsguide.com/2025/05/windows-spotlight-not-working-in-windows-11.html
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Thank you again for your help. I'm really sorry, I tried and couldn't complete the tasks on the website.
Hi,
I'm Sumit, here to help with your query in the Microsoft Q&A.
Apologies for any inconvenience you are experiencing. I am happy to help you today.
Ideally weather and other Widgets are shown using Settings > Personalization > Lock screen > Choose an App to show detailed status > Weather and more.
If weather does not show using that, there might be some regional restrictions preventing it.
I look forward to your response and am happy to work with you until we find a solution. Please keep me updated.
Thank you for your assistance so far. But sadly, is still not working.
Thank you. It is set to ON, as I see. I think it might be due to MSN weather being unsupported there.
May I know if https://msn.com/weather shows up the Weather for you?
I look forward to your response and am happy to work with you until we find a solution. Please keep me updated.
Yes, MSN Weather appears for me. Do I need to download it?
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Hi,
Have you ever checked the location permission?
Maybe you closed it and caused that MSN Weather didn't have the permission to read your location.
Check it in Settings → Privacy & security → Location（設定 → 隱私權與安全性 → 位置）.
Yes, it’s closed, but for some reason, it’s blurred out, and I’m unable to click the button.
