[FIX] Windows 10 Stuck In Airplane Mode

Thank you, thank you, thank you.
On my surface book i had to search for Radio instead of RadioEnable and the find EnableWOW.

Do I now replace the 0 with a 1 again?

I have the dell inspiron 17 5000 series and I’m having the airplane mode problem. It wont turn off. I tried to follow these steps but I cant find the RadioEnable and I rea the comments about the “search for Radio instead of RadioEnable and the find EnableWOW.” This did not work either since I cant find the EnableWOW.. Please help me.

Thank you so very much!

While trying to print my screen and not remembering which keystrokes to use, I hit ctrl-prt scr, then fn-prt scr, and then alt-prt scr. I saw on the screen that a screen print had been captured and thought that all was well.

I did not connect the fact that I had turned on airplane mode with my attempt to print screen.
Anyway, fn-prt scr was the culprit, and was the cure just now.

My computer’s back with all this glorious capabilities. That’s a trick I’ll never forget.

hi I cannot find an radioenable. Please advise.

None of these fixes work and the Dword value is already ‘0’

Has there been any development on this? I have tried multiple fixes that updated root issues and still has not fixed the connection.

My Dell desktop is stuck in airplane mode. I changed all RadioEnable entries to 0 and restarted. But sadly, it’s still stuck.

I should have added that I have downloaded latest adap or drivers on my laptop and installed them on the desktop. In Device Manager, all are said to be performing normally. Yet nowhere else on the system does it detect them. It’s like there is no hardwear in the chassis.

Fix 1, is working with Dell computer.

Did not work on Windows 10 Toshiba. Need help

Thank you! It worked! My Toshiba laptop had a bit of trouble rebooting afterwards, but seems good now with wireless working!

Neither fix worked for my Dell.

Hi..

i got Lenovo G50-70
Tried the option of setting RadioEnable to 0 and it does not work.
Meanwhile even tried updating driver files and it is still stuck on airplane mode.

Any other suggestions, apart from reinstalling the OS again????

I just tried these and it’s still not working and after calling Microsoft I have to wait 24 hours or pay $100!!!

All these fixes do not work on toshiba A205-S4557 or my other toshiba P205-S6237

Neither of the fixes work for me. Using HP laptop with Win 8.1 and when I opened the regedit the key value was already at 0. Problem persists with airplane mode toggling on and off. Very irritating. Please help.

Thank you, the regedit worked, it still toggled a couple times after rebooting but seems to be working now

Doesn’t work on surface pro 2. Terrible machine. I’ll NEVER buy another one. This one is going in the trash.

I have a toshiba laptop with windows 10. I’ve tried all of the above. Nothing seems to help fix the problem to get it out of airplane mode. Anything else I can try?

I couldn’t find “radioenable” in my windows 10 registry but I could find “turn flight mode on or off” in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. Is that the same thing?

Doesn’t work on my system

way to complicated for this old man.

Fix1 worked on HP thanks a million

The keyboard solution fixed it. thx

You are brilliant!!! you need a hug, and a high five!!! Thank you!!!

Fix #2 worked for me…after restarting, I was then able to turn airplane mode off! Thank you so much!

Hi Kapil–

I have a Dell Latitude E6430 and am using Windows 10. Currently the computer is stuck in Airplane mode. I tried both solutions above without any luck. Can you offer any other suggestions? This problem has been around for several years, has there ever been a final solution by Microsoft or Dell?

Thanks John

Tried both fixes and neither worked. Airplane mode button is still gray and stuck on. Refreshed and restarted with no change. Looking for recommendations.

I turn on my HP and it locks in password mode. It show an airplane mode in a box in lower right. Will not take a password. My HP began running a windows update a couple of days ago and now I have this problem. I can not get past the window asking for password and have no option to get the system out of airplane mode. Help!

I tried all options including ResEdit and Bios changes. Nothing will turn off airplane mode.

Tried but would not work. Received the response when changing 1 to 0 in Radio Enable that I could not edit Radio Enable-error writing value new content. Whatever that means.

Hello,nothing worked with me and I hope you.can help me please,seems like stuck on airplane mode and can’t find the airplane button in it’s normal place;they both disappear,also can’t find the WiFi button and the computer can’t even accept the internet connection through the Ethernet .the computer can’t accept or fell any connection.please help

Tried both and still frozen in on position. I have a cell inspiring 17 if that makes any difference.

I tried both recommended fixes, as well as several other suggestions, and none of them has worked. Airplane mode on my ASUS laptop is still locked, neither WiFi nor Ethernet is displayed in Network & Internet and there are no Wireless devices shown. Thanks for trying to help anyway.

This absolutely fixed my problem. Thank you!

There is not RadioEnabled Option available in my Laptop.
My LatTop is : HP 240G3 Notebook

Thank you!! the first one worked right away… but it was after half an hour of reading bulshit instructions from other webs, even official dell page… youre the man!!

I’m stuck at step 4. It doesnt show whats on the screenshot. Help please.

Amazing. Thanks for the detailed instruction. That fixed it.

It worked! I didn’t set all the values to 0 just one and restarted

Thanks.

Thank you so so much.The second method worked for me.I had to work on something really urgent . Was so disappointed to see that my laptop had turned to Airplane mode which was grayed out. Not even sure why that happened . Nevertheless , relieved now !
Thanks a ton.

I have another fix for this issue. The older laptops from Dell have a hardware switch on the side of the laptop to switch on or off WiFi. It’s very easy to switch this (unknowingly) off.

I use a docking station for my Dell laptop while at office. I must have accidentally Fn Prt screen combo while at office last week. Fix 1 was tried multiple times at home…no docking station, then Fix 1 tried after returning to docking station and it immediately worked.

Many thanks, after trying countless other solutions this was the only that worked on my Dell Latitude E6430. Very many thanks

There is a big problem in Windows 10 where your computer will go into ‘Airplane Mode’. And you are not able to turn your wi-fi back on. If you have this problem do this;

Start Task Manager and go to services. Highlight RMSVE (Radio Management Service) and STOP it. Then right click and select open services. Select Radio Management Service. Right click and select properties. On ‘start up type’ select disable.

To turn wi-fi Back on, hold the windows key+r. Type regedit. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SYSTEM, CurrentControlSet, Control. Right click on Control and select Find. In the search field type RadioEnable. In the right-hand pane select RadioEnable and right click on it. Select modify and change the value from 0 to 1. Keep selecting FIND NEXT and change any values to 1. Then close the register editor and re-boot.

This drove me crazy for years until I came up with this fix.

Hi. I have a Dell Inspiron 57 that was locked in the “Airplane” mode. After trying multiple fixes found on the internet as well as waiting over 90 minutes for Microsoft Support, I found your blog. The fix took two seconds. A million thanks for your simple and effective fix suggestions.

Hello, i bought a new microsoft surface and i’m quiet stuck as i do not find any wifi or Bluetooth and airplane is always on and in green (i cannot change it)….
Any help?

I ran into this when I started syncing all of my online accounts and devices last month. The notifications were going through Windows Action Center and 2 of my devices are phone and tablet, so touchscreen options became synced even though my Dell POS 3737 doesn’t have that functionality. I noticed 2 new HIDs, a switch and a switch collection. I finally determined that uninstalling the switch collection (I’m not allowed to disable it) removed a few Ink-related and sharing functions like Snips, Nearby Sharing, and synced clipboards, then just left the switch for Airplane Mode without any conflicts and was no longer grayed out. As I pondered how much time and meth I’d need to go through every sync setting on every device, I think I accidentally found my problem. Windows 10 Optional Driver Update for Dell Inc – HIDClass – 10/26/2016 12:00:00 AM – 17.38.40.165. It showed up every time Windows Update popped up after uninstalling the switch collection. The problem returns everytime I reinstall it. I deactivated Action Center completely and leave that update consta-unchecked. Airplane Mode still works from Settings, you can Pin To Start if you want a quick shutdown of wireless connectivity. The syncing of all options created the conflict, but may also be related to use of Live Tiles, excessive background app permissions syncing, and some very proprietary habits of mega-corps “safeguarding users” by shutting down all interdevice communications when YOU fall below THEIR standards of connectivity between devices you OWN. The longer they keep me offline, the more likely I’ll be explaining this in court one day.

I went to Services/Radio Mgt. – changed LogOn from “this acct.” to “Local System Acct” and ticked “Allow service to interact with desktop” and was able to turn “Flight Mode” off. I don’t know what any of the settings mean which makes for apprehension but my two year quest to get Bluetooth speakers working has moved on (again).

Thanks for the help – I have this page bookmarked. Do you know if something has changed recently? I have had several users suddenly having this issue over the past month but your fix has helped.

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I’ve tried all this amid network reset, and there a 0 already and still it’s greyed out. I can’t turn off. I’ve tried other internet solutions, still ain’t working. Any alternatives please???????

Thank-you! On my Dell Inspiron 15, I was able to turn off Airplane mode with the key combination you suggeted: Fn + Radio Tower key.

The radio symbol is underneath the mouse pad on the computer it will be a switch and it will show red slide that switch over and it will turn off airplane mode

Hitting just prnt scrn and fn did not work but when I did this several times it stuck back on – thanks!
“While trying to print my screen and not remembering which keystrokes to use, I hit ctrl-prt scr, then fn-prt scr, and then alt-prt scr. I saw on the screen that a screen print had been captured and thought that all was well. I did not connect the fact that I had turned on airplane mode with my attempt to print screen.
Anyway, fn-prt scr was the culprit, and was the cure just now.”

It isn’t working for me 🙄🙄🙄
I am stuck on the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
Could you pls guide me thoroughly to fix the issue.

It did not help, I finished successfully all operations you suggest, but the reboot showed the awful PLANE sign again! Whatever I have done, all day long, all suggestions I have found on the net – nothing has unblocked my wireless connections till this moment, I have been fighting this issue since 6 a.m. God.. I even restarted the router, although all my other devices use wireless connections with no trouble at all. The issue is in Dell laptop, the Intel card is new, I have never had this kind of problem on any laptop ever.
In my Settings, the toggle button is “greyed”, actually both buttons on the Airplane Mode page, you cannot do anything with them, they are dead, you cannot change ON and OFF (left and right) position. It is blocked and it blocks all wireless communication (Wi-Fi, cellular. Bluetooth)

Thanks a lot, Kapil. On my Lenovo changing the RadioEnable DWORD ( Double click on the DWORD and input the Value data as 0. Click OK). fiexed the problem

I tried fix 1&2 but none helped. I am using Dell laptop.
Please assist me 🙏

For anyone else that digs-up this old relic of an archive, I followed most of the instructions but also switched _all_ of the findings for “RadioEnable” to 0 and then after a shutdown and restart that was the thing that let me progress forward and enable my wifi adapter. There was only one entry that was a binary 01 00 00 00 that would not allow me to change it but that did not seem to be necessary to change. Note: My system at the time did have the “Airplane Mode Switch Collection” device disabled but I suspect that is not relevant for the final fix. Also, as far as I can tell my BIOS was fully updated, my device drivers were the ‘newest’ available and allowed for my old machine, and my Airplane/Radio buttons for my Dell laptop never seemed to properly work after my upgrade to Win 10 so I don’t know if they were in any hidden state of on/off. Good luck to any future tech support spelunkers.