Windows 10: How can I stop the corner icon messages from randomly appearing in other locations on the...

When I hover over the corner icons, little messages popping up giving info about that corner icon's purpose. In this example, we'll use the sound icon. With my mouse over the sound icon, it tells me the name of the sound device and that it is muted. That's how the corner icons should function, and that's great. However, there's a bug where these same messages will pop up when my mouse is over the taskbar but not over the corner icons. Here's a screenshot of a second place the sound information pops up. The screenshot was unable to capture the position of my mouse, but I've marked the approxima

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Location System Icon


halasz - your first suggestion - settings > system > notifications and actions > Select which icons appear on the taskbar - location was off, Ive now turned it on.
Your second suggestion settings > privacy > location - location was on and ive left it on.

But still - settings > system > notifications and actions > turn system icons on or off ---- the location "switch" is off and it is greyed out.

 

Location icon grayed out and not working in windows 10 creators update

We suggest that you check if the following service is enabled to activate the Location icon:

• Press Windows key + R.
• Type service.msc in the Run dialog box and select
  Services.
• Right-click on Windows Location Framework Service and click
  Stop.
• Once done, right-click again on Windows Location Framework Service and click
  Start.
• If the service is enabled, try disabling and re-enabling and check if the issue persists.

Let us know how it goes after performing the suggested steps.

 

Why are my text messages appearing in skype?

Thank you for responding to our query.

Please do the following steps:

• Launch the Messaging app.
• Tap on the Ellipsis icon located on the lower right corner of the screen.
• Tap Skype settings.
• Tap on Sign out under your Account.
• Tap on the Sign out button.

Feel free to post back if you have other questions.