This keeps using Win 10 location as the setting mentioned above impacts only desktop apps, but Windows 10 is an Microsoft Store app, not a desktop app.Windows 10 Maps app (version 10.2101.9.0) When one or more apps are currently using your device location through the Windows location service, you’ll see the location icon in the notification area of your taskbar (on Windows 10 PCs) or in the status bar at the top of your screen (on Windows 10 Mobile devices). Edge seems to use the same geolocation algorithm as Win 10 so it always produces the same results as with Win 10 location.It just uses Google Geolocation API no matter what. Chrome is not impacted by Win 10 geolocation at all.Firefox can also use Mozilla Geolocation API if instructed to do so via about:config ().

Firefox uses Win 10 location if available (in the above mentioned settings).

I have tested how things work in different browsers and these are my results. When the location is not available and the hard drive goes wrong, you are advised to use data recovery software to restore data from the hard drive before. Windows 10 Settings -> Privacy -> Location Heres how to fix some of the more irritating quirks. Simply turn off Win 10 location sharing for desktop apps. Windows 10 is great, but it has its issues, from unpredictable reboots to aggravating notifications.

With disabled access to the Win 10 location, desktop applications (like web browsers) will have to use their own algorithms (usually much better) for determining location. In this short video tutorial we will show you how to fix the Windows 10 clock time wrong issue.Article link.

you can disable it for desktop applications.

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