Open and Use Timeline in Windows 10  

MattieIT said:

It really needs a feature where you don't have to click the search box. When you type, you search. Seems logical
Ctrl+F is just akward for my hands.

That would be something good to send feedback on to Microsoft about. If enough people request a feature, it may get added if able.

As of today, there's no timeline. I have the following in settings:

Under "Show activity from these accounts", it only has my email account for Microsoft. I didn't change my settings. Is there a way to get the Timeline back without sending my activity history to Microsoft?

Thanks in advance.

phrab said:

As of today, there's no timeline. I have the following in settings:

Under "Show activity from these accounts", it only has my email account for Microsoft. I didn't change my settings. Is there a way to get the Timeline back without sending my activity history to Microsoft?

Thanks in advance.

Hello phrab,

In addition to what you have turned on in your screenshot, do you have Show activities from these accounts turned on for your Microsoft account like in step 3 of the tutorial below?

Turn On or Off Collect Activity History for Timeline in Windows 10

Brink said:

Hello phrab,

In addition to what you have turned on in your screenshot, do you have Show activities from these accounts turned on for your Microsoft account like in step 3 of the tutorial below?

Turn On or Off Collect Activity History for Timeline in Windows 10

Thank you for the response. Yes. I guess I wasn't clear. Under "Show activity from these accounts", it lists my email address (which I use for my Microsoft account) & it's set to "on".

NMI said:

Timeline requires the Windows Search service to be enabled, running, and set to Automatic (Delayed Start).

The Windows Search service is also enabled & set to Automatic (Delayed Start).

I recently used your "Reset_and_Rebuild_Search_Index.bat" because my searches were slow. Could that have done anything?

@phrab,

Double check to see if Timeline may have been disabled using an option below.

Enable or Disable Timeline in Windows 10

Brink said:

@phrab,

Double check to see if Timeline may have been disabled using an option below.

Enable or Disable Timeline in Windows 10

That worked! Thank you very much!! I don't know why it wasn't working before...the group policy
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\OS Policies\Enables Activity Feed

was set to "Not configured", which is what your tutorial said was ok (unless I read your tutorial wrong). However, using your reg file & logging out & back in cured it.

phrab said:

That worked! Thank you very much!! I don't know why it wasn't working before...the group policy
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\OS Policies\Enables Activity Feed

was set to "Not configured", which is what your tutorial said was ok (unless I read your tutorial wrong). However, using your reg file & logging out & back in cured it.

Great news.