Edge not registring Location

Hello All,
hope this is the right department …
Here is a phenomenon I cannot figure out.
I try to give you the best description possible.

In short … Edge does not recognize location and Settings > Set Default Location Crashes!

Most importantly … Edge with the exact same settings in another, identical machine DOES recognize
my location.

Be assured, all settings in Edge allow recognizing location, as well as cookies, site permissions, etc … in both machines identical.
Strangely: online weather sites, etc., remember/display my location correctly! … in both machines!

And here is the reason I posted this not under Edge but under Windows / Settings:

Despite in both machines all Location sliders are ON, the one in question only shows Weather (under “Let apps access your location”) but nothing under “Let desktop apps access your location”) except one dubious “CTF Loader” / white document icon.

There should be, amongst others, Edge being listed under “Let desktop apps …”)
(as is in the comparing machine)
(Please see attachment)

It means, (I guess) - it does not recognize Edge in Settings > Location ???
- Edge does NOT receive GPS information from Settings ???
That might be the reason Edge does not recognize and remember my location and apply it to a website, even though set to “allowed”???

Also: In “Default Location” > “Set Default” it always shows the world map and when trying to
set my location the whole Settings window crashes!! … so, it does not accept my entry.

- I repaired the Settings app … no difference
- repaired Edge … same
- ran sfc

I must mention that I turned off all telemetry options, in case that makes a difference … but also in the other machine … and everything works just fine there

Windows11 Pro, 25H2, 26200.9278, everything uptodate, working fine … both machines same.
Edge 152.0.4191.53

I hope all this is not too confusing and my observations lead to something.

Thanks in advance for looking into this weird issue.

Sualk said:

Hello All,
hope this is the right department …
Here is a phenomenon I cannot figure out.
I try to give you the best description possible.

In short … Edge does not recognize location and Settings > Set Default Location Crashes!

Most importantly … Edge with the exact same settings in another, identical machine DOES recognize
my location.

I hope all this is not too confusing and my observations lead to something.

Thanks in advance for looking into this weird issue.

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It's not confusing at all @Sualk. Thanks for that.
There is a definite problem here with the CTF display instead of MS Edge.
Have you tried setting another user and see if the patterns repeats itself?

Since the same Edge settings work on the other machine, I’d check the Windows location service rather than Edge itself first. On the affected PC, open Services (services.msc) and check Geolocation Service (lfsvc). Make sure it isn’t disabled. If it is running, try restarting the service and then restart Edge. I’d also check Settings > Privacy & security > Location and confirm both Location services and Let apps access your location are enabled. One other thing worth testing is Edge in a new profile or InPrivate window. If location works there, it could point to something profile/site-permission related rather than Windows itself. Since “Set Default Location” is also crashing, though, this does sound more like a Windows location component issue than an Edge-only problem.