In typical Microsoft fashion, the only way to remove the “Learn about this picture” shortcut on the desktop in Windows 11 is to disable Windows Spotlight in Settings. The Windows Spotlight shortcut on the desktop in Windows 11 works and feels like a regular app with one caveat: you cannot delete or Shift + Delete it. The Spotlight Desktop shortcut launches Microsoft Edge It also opens Microsoft Bings with more details about the current picture. Clicking the shortcut launches Microsoft Edge (of course) regardless of your default browser. Microsoft wants users to use that shortcut to switch images and vote for pictures they like or dislike (hello more profiling).Īnd yes, the new system is yet another way to endorse the Edge browser and the Microsoft Bing search engine. Users can set Spotlight as the desktop background In Windows 11Īlthough the idea sounds neat, there is one significant downside: enabling Windows Spotlight for the desktop background in Windows 11 places a permanent shortcut on the desktop. Now users can set Spotlight as the desktop background to get fresh images from Microsoft. In the latest preview build of Windows 11, Microsoft has expanded Windows Spotlight capabilities to the desktop. Windows Spotlight is a feature that pulls various images from the Internet and uses them as the background on the lock screen.

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