Windows 10: Why does only airplane mode shows up when trying to connect to WiFi

I just made a new pc running on windows 10 and am trying to connect it to the internet, but it won’t even give me the option to connect to WiFi. It’s only airplane mode. Not sure how I can get WiFi on it.

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airplane mode

problem was:

pc cant connect to wifi cos airplane mode randomly turned on by itself

you can google to see why computer does that - microsoft seems to have never fixed this

fixed this by turning off something in services (this goes to show how many services are bad and should be off by default, again a long-standing microsoft problem that they've never made better)


new problem:

the wifi icon on botton left changed to the airplane mode icon

and when old problem was fixed, airplane mode icon is stuck like that

what are steps to fix?

what are troubleshoot this?

 

WiFi versus Airplane Mode

Hi DaffyDuckKangaroo,

Good day! I’m and I'll try to help you today.

I am sorry to hear about the inconvenience. If you Toggle Airplane mode to ON/OFF does it still work? If it just stays ON even after toggling there could be a glitch with the airplane mode icon since it shows you are on Airplane mode but you can still connect to the Wifi network. I suggest removing it from the action center and adding it again.

Here's how:

1) Press windows key + A (This opens up the Action center)

2) Click the pencil icon to edit the list

3) Unpin Airplane mode.

4) Close Action center

While still connected to Wifi, try the same steps again.

1) Press windows key + A (This opens up the Action center)

2) Click the pencil icon to edit the list

3) Select Add

4) Add Airplane mode to the list

5) Toggle it ON/OFF and see if it functions normally this time.

If it doesn't. I suggest running a system file check and an image repair of Windows.

Here's how:

Run System File Checker

1) Press Windows key + S, this will open search

2) Type cmd, run command prompt as administrator

3) Enter this command and press enter: sfc /scannow

4) Wait for the process to finish and reboot your computer.

5) Check if the issue still persists.

Run windows image fix.

1) Press Windows key + S, this will open search

2) Type cmd, run command prompt as administrator

3) Enter this command and press enter: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

4) Wait for the process to finish and reboot your computer.

5) Check if the issue still persists.

Let me know how it goes. Have a great day!

 

Turn On or Off Airplane Mode in Windows 10


I tried all steps and avenues above to turn Airplane Mode OFF of my Dell PC (equipped with bluetooth/wifi), and Airplane Mode with Windows 10 is always on. Even when I try to click to slide it off, it still slides back to "on". I do not see the Airplane icon however, and also I don't notice any wifi connection issues with my computer as that's how I connect to the internet, so I guess I'll leave well enough alone. Just don't understand why it's always on and wont let me slide it to the off position.