Windows 10: greyed out location change key

I have tried everything to get location services back on. I went to HKEY .... trigger info and have deleted folder 3. I went to geoservice and it is running and enabled. There is a red sentence at the top of the location page that says the location service has been turned off. some of these services have been hidden or managed by your organization. but this is a brand new computer never used by work or anyone other than me. I don't know what is going on or how I can find this hidden keys or the "management". Anyone have any ideas? Thank you for your help

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Location service is greyed out

Hi Shahriar,

Thank you for responding.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused for you, I suggest you to try the below troubleshooting steps and check If it helps.

Step 1: Steps to turn on the Location settings.

• Login as an administrator.
• Press Windows key, type Location settings and select
  Change location settings.
• Check whether Location for this device is On by clicking on
  Change.
• Also turn on Location as well.

Step 2: And as you are unable to set the service Geolocation service to automatic, I suggest you to run SFC scan and check.

System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

Follow the below steps:

• 
  Right click on the Start button, click on
  Command Prompt (Admin).
  
• 
  Type “sfc /scannow” without the quotes and hit
  Enter.
  
• 
  After the scan, restart the computer and check for the issue.
  

Try to set the service to automatic by following the steps provided in the above post by Praveen Venugopal.

Hope it helps. Kindly update the status of the issue, we will be happy to help you.

 

Can’t change the location.

Hi George,

I am sorry to hear that you had to encounter an internet connection issue in Windows 10 before. You can always come to us for any issues on Windows 10, we will be glad to help you.

Let us see what to do to resolve this issue on location settings. TO assist you better, please answer the questions below.

• 
  Where did you see your location as Vermont USA? How did you tried to change the location?
  
• 
  Are you getting any error messages while changing the location?
  
• 
  What is the build version of the Windows? Follow the below steps to check the build version.
  

• 
  Open up the run command with the
  Win key + R key combo.
  
• 
  Type winver into the run command text box and hit
  OK.
  
• 
  You should now see a dialog screen revealing the OS build and registration information.
  

I suggest you to ON the location service and check if the location is changed to your current location. If the location service is ON, the Windows will automatically find your location once the system in connected to internet and update
the location on the Apps, which has the permission to access to the location. Refer to the below link to ON the location service and more.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12444/windows-10-location-service-privacy-faq

You may also change your Country or region manually by the following steps;

• 
  In the search box on task bar, enter Change region, then select
  Change your country or region.
  
• 
  Under Country or region, select your new region.
  

Hope you can change your location.

Get back to us for further assistance, we will be glad to help you.

 

Location service is greyed out

Hello Shahriar,

Thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

I suggest you to turn On Windows location platform by the below steps and see if it helps.

Method 1:

1) Type location in the search bar and click on change location settings.

2) Then, check the box Turn ON Windows location platform” and “Help improve Windows Location services”.

3) Click on Apply.

Alternatively, you can go to Control Panel, click Hardware and Sound, and then click location settings.

Method 2:

Please follow the steps to run System Maintenance troubleshooter
on the computer:

• Type “Control Panel” on the search box.
• Click on Troubleshooting.
• Click on View all option on the left side of the Windows.
• Click on System Maintenance option.
• Click on Next and follow the onscreen instructions to troubleshoot the issue.

Also, make sure to check the geolocation service and set it to automatic.

Open Run command by pressing Win Key + R, type services.msc
and find Geolocation services.

Hope this helps. If you have any other queries, feel free to contact us.

Thank you.