Windows 10: Location Services Disabled and Grayed out

Discus and support Location Services Disabled and Grayed out in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hi, I'm having a problem with location services being disabled. In Settings/Privacy/Location, "Allow access to location on this device" is off, and the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by purposeguy, Feb 15, 2022.

  1. Location Services Disabled and Grayed out


    Hi, I'm having a problem with location services being disabled. In Settings/Privacy/Location, "Allow access to location on this device" is off, and the "Change" button is grayed out. "Allow apps to access your location" is also set to "Off" and grayed out. Above everything, there is a message, "*Some of these settings are hidden or managed by your organization." So, some policy or registry setting is blocking me from enabling location services. But what? After lots of web searching, I've tried the following. I've done all of these things successfully and none has made any difference:1.

    :)
     
    purposeguy, Feb 15, 2022
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  2. Erika Aro Win User

    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.
     
    Erika Aro, Feb 15, 2022
    #2
  3. 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.
     
    Deepika Gowda, Feb 15, 2022
    #3
  4. Location Services Disabled and Grayed out

    Location grayed out...Geolocation service is running

    Hi Ming,

    To assist you better, I would like to ask some questions:

    • What is the make and model of your computer?
    • From when are you facing this issue?
    • Did you make any hardware/software changes prior to this issue?

    I suggest you to follow the steps provided by junaidsyed333 from the link below and check if it helps.

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...0/7ee1de02-82fb-4870-a88e-8a9fbc436959?auth=1

    Keep us posted for further assistance.
     
    Eeshwar Kumar, Feb 15, 2022
    #4
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