Time zone locked, and options to change are permanently greyed out.

Anonymous
2023-03-24T16:34:12+00:00

My computer just locked my timezone to Arizona, and absolutely will not allow me to change it. It's causing havoc on alot of my apps that rely on my clock to function, and manually changing the time only seems to change the clock in the corner not the time that all my apps depend on.

I have tried scanning the computer for corrupted files as per a separate post I managed to dig up, but it found nothing to fix. With the clean boot I couldn't figure out what was doing it because it was still grayed out and set to Arizona as soon as it booted.

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Anonymous
2023-10-07T19:45:01+00:00

I had this same issue, but found a workaround (At least a temporary one)

Right click the date/time toolbar in the bottom right corner, then click "Adjust date/time" from the menu.

In that menu, scroll down to "related settings" and click "Add clocks for different time zones"
This SHOULD bring up a classic windows menu. Click the far left tab for "Date and Time" and select your time zone there. Click "Okay" and then "Apply" and you should be good to go.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-06-17T09:14:04+00:00

    Sorry I should have added

    Windows 11 Enterprise; 22H2, 22621.3593

    In windows 11, the windows "Region" page doesn't have additional settings. However additional clocks can be added from the bottom of the Date & Time page.

    Adding a clock however does not fix the inability to set default location or enable automatic timezone setting.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-06-17T08:45:38+00:00

    This worked for me,

    Win 10 home edition, 64 bit, Version 22H2

    In search type: Region, then open full-page view,

    then, upper right corner, under Related settings, open Additional date, time & regional settings,

    then select Add clocks for different time zones, then select the times zones you want.

    :-)

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-06-17T08:28:14+00:00

    It looks like this is something to do with location, but none of the solutions posted works for me.

    When I try to "set default" for "default location" I get told "Get an App to open this 'ms-default-location' link" with a button to jump to "Browse Microsoft Store"

    Click that and get
    Results for "ms-default-location"
    "No results found"

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-06-13T19:55:53+00:00

    This worked for me!

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