Windows 10: Activity history timeline suddenly stopped working

Discus and support Activity history timeline suddenly stopped working in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; Activity history timeline suddenly stopped working a day or so back. I've tried all/most of the solutions online - still not remembering anything.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by Ian5609, Aug 14, 2020.

  1. Ian5609 Win User

    Activity history timeline suddenly stopped working


    Activity history timeline suddenly stopped working a day or so back. I've tried all/most of the solutions online - still not remembering anything. Settings page on laptop has identical setup less than older posts online but it works and desktop does not!


    Any ideas to help solve?

    :)
     
    Ian5609, Aug 14, 2020
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  2. Timeline Activity not showing up

    The timeline activity just won't show up on the timeline window. I always get "Use your PC more for activities."

    I have enabled the settings required for timeline in Privacy > Activity History:

    Let Windows collect my activities

    Let Windows Sync my activities

    Show activities from accounts

    I also tried using regedit to add these variables in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System

    • EnableActivityFeed
    • PublishUserActivities
    • UploadUserActivities
    All the variables are set to 1, and are DWORD values. (as stated in this article Timeline feature not working in Windows 10), to no effect.

    Any more troubleshooting steps I can go through?
     
    HiranmayaGundu, Aug 14, 2020
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  3. Windows 10 Timeline: no 'see all activities' option in timeline...

    Hi Andrew,

    If you're already logged in with your Microsoft account and still don't have the option to see all activities on each date, then it's possible that the activities on your account has been hidden from your Timeline. To verify this, please check if
    Show activities from accounts option has been turned off. If it is, then follow these steps to turn it on:

    1. Open Settings > Privacy > Activity history.
    2. Under Activity history, check the box for Let Windows collect my activities from this PC.
    3. Under Show activities from accounts, make sure to toggle it
      on
      for your account.

    Let me know how it goes.

    Regards.
     
    Vanessa Yar, Aug 14, 2020
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  4. Activity history timeline suddenly stopped working

    Timeline keeps vanishing

    Hello Janae, my name is Alexander. I'm an Independent Advisor and I'm happy to assist you!

    You can use Cortana to review your activities history – the feature Timeline offers.

    To troubleshoot your problem with Timeline I recommend that you clear the Activity History. To do it, follow the steps below:

    Click on ‘Windows key + I’ and open Settings

    Go to Privacy - Activity history

    Press ‘Clear’ under ‘Clear activity history’

    Press ‘Manage my Microsoft Account activity data’

    Sign in using your Microsoft account if it is asked

    Press ‘Activity history’

    You will see your previous activities under ‘Activity history’

    You will see an option ‘Clear activity’ on the right top of the activities list

    Be notified, if you clear the app and service usage data, you will never recover or restore them. Do, be careful and read the terms.

    Restart your system.

    Best regards,

    Alexander B.
     
    Alexander Bertnikov, Aug 14, 2020
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