Windows 10: Turn On or Off Location Services in Windows 10

Discus and support Turn On or Off Location Services in Windows 10 in Windows 10 Tutorials to solve the problem; Thanks Shawn I too installed the Windows Insider's Creators Update (thought I would try it out) Both my Surface and Dell became disabled , in... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Tutorials' started by Cliff S, Aug 5, 2015.

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  1. SEATTLEMOJO
    seattlemojo Win User

    Turn On or Off Location Services in Windows 10


    Thanks Shawn

    I too installed the Windows Insider's Creators Update (thought I would try it out)

    Both my Surface and Dell became disabled , in terms of being able to set the Location setting to "On".

    Hopefully someone from MicroSoft participates in this Fantastic Forum.

    Your REG Key downloads (Option Four for Account and Apps and Option Five for Device) solved the issues on both my machines.

    Interestingly enough, MS Edge would NOT let me complete the download and basically Disabled the Top Ten Website.

    I was able to use Mozilla FFox and re-programmed the REG Keys

    Thanks again
     
    seattlemojo, May 19, 2017
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  2. Brink
    Brink New Member

    I'm glad it was able to help seattlemojo, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile
     
    Brink, May 19, 2017
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  3. SEATTLEMOJO
    seattlemojo Win User
    RE: Turning on (or "re-initiating" Location Services)

    ALSO, I forgot to mention that in addition to Following BOTH of Shawn's Options Four and Five, I re-configured the "Geolocation Service" to run Automatically at Startup follows:

    Open the "Run" Command Dialog Box , (Windows Key + R)

    Type "services.msc" (w/o quotes) in the Command Line/"Open" Box

    *
    Click OK

    <this opens the "Services (Local)" Folder>

    Scroll down the list to "Geolocation Service" and Highlight

    Right click this line and open the Menu, select "Properties".

    On the General Tab, look for the drop down menu for "Startup Type"

    Make sure "Automatic" is selected

    Click OK and exit Services


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    seattlemojo, Apr 4, 2018
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