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Enabling the Geolocation service fails with error

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Symptoms

After disabling the Geolocation Service by changing startup type to Disabled, attempts to re-enable it will fail with an error message: “The system cannot find the file specified.”

As the Geolocation Service can no longer be started, Geolocation will remain disabled on the device and prevent location based functionality from working.

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Cause

When the service is disabled this way, it is missing an underlying WNF event. This is a known issue with Windows 10.

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Resolution

Manually delete the following regkey using regedit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lfsvc\TriggerInfo\3.
  1. From Start, search for regedit
  2. In the search results, press-and-hold or right-click regedit, and then select Run as administrator
  3. If you get a security prompt, select Yes
  4. Using the arrows in the left-hand pane, expand the following folders in order:    
    1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    2. SYSTEM
    3. CurrentControlSet
    4. Services
    5. lfsvc
    6. TriggerInfo
  5. Press-and-hold or right-click on the 3 under the TriggerInfo folder, and select Delete
Example of expanding the regkey folders:



After following the above steps, you should be able to re-enable the Geolocation Service.

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More Information

To disable geolocation, don’t turn off the service. Instead, go to Settings, select Privacy, and turn off Location.

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Article Info
Article ID : 3119176
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 12/1/2015
Exists online : False
Views : 195