Windows 10: Cortana's Location

I live in NE PA and Cortana gives me weather and movies for places in MD. How is that useful for me. A user should opt for inserting a current Zip code or location for this information otherwise you have written a useless software for a user!!

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Cortana and Location Settings

Hi,

I realize the inconvenience you are facing. Let me help you in resolving the issue.

This issue may occur if location settings are not turned on for Cortana.

To turn on location settings for cortana, I suggest you to try these steps and check if it helps.

• 
  Click on Start Button and type Location in the search.
  
• 
  Open Location Privacy Settings.
  
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  Under the option "choose apps that can use your location" check if Cortana is turned on.
  
• 
  If not turn on and check if it helps.
  

Also suggest you to check if similar issue persists on another user account.



Create another administrator user account by referring to

Set up accounts on Windows 10 article.



The corrupted user profile does not function normally such as not launching
Start menu, Cortana, Search bar, Store and other
Windows applications. In such cases creating a new profile and checking for the same will help in identifying if the is specific to corrupted user profile or the OS.



Write to us with the status of the issue on the same post for further assistance.
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Cortana not working

Hi,

Just to ensure that the settings are configured correctly, please try the steps below.

This issue may occur if location settings are not turned on for Cortana.

To turn on location settings for Cortana, I suggest you to try these steps and check if it helps.

• 
  Click on Start Button and type Location in the search.
  
• 
  Open Location Privacy Settings.
  
• 
  Under the option "choose apps that can use your location" check if Cortana is turned on.
  
• 
  If not turn on and check if it helps.
  

Hope this information helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of the issue so that we can assist you further.

 

Cortana and location won't turning on.

Hi Abhinav,

We appreciate you for being a part of Windows 10.

We need to know more information to help you better.

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  Which region do you live?
  
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  Do you get any error message when you try to turn on your location in settings menu?
  

Currently, Cortana is only available in the some of the countries/regions.
I suggest you to refer the below article for more information about Cortana’s regions and languages.

Cortana’s regions and languages

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-10/cortanas-regions-and-languages

As you are not able to access Cortana from start menu, you may follow the below steps and check if it helps.

• 
  Press Windows + X keys on the keyboard, select
  Command prompt (admin).
  

2. Enter the below command and hit Enter key.

PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

3. Now enter the below command and hit Enter key.

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

I suggest you to refer to the below help article for more information on how Location services will work in Windows 10.

Windows 10location service and privacy: FAQ

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/location-service-privacy

I hope the above information helps. Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.