How to fix the Settings application does not work on Windows 10

On Windows 10, users can access the Settings application via the Start menu, which contains many custom systems such as Control Panel. However, many users report that they cannot access this application or when clicked will be redirected to the Windwows Store. Here are some remedies for this problem.

Install and re-register Windows applications

The Settings application in Windows 10 is considered an officially installed Windows application so reinstalling it with other Windows 10 applications (because reinstalling an application will reinstall the entire Windows application. Other) can fix the problem users are having.

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To do this, open PowerShell (just type " PowerShell " into the search menu on the Start menu, then right-click it and select " Run as administrator "), and enter the following command:

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 Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)AppXManifest.xml"} 

The above command will register and reinstall all Windows applications. Hope this can make the Settings app work again.

Use the SFC command

Before trying to fix a more complex Settings application, here are some quick fixes:

1. Perform a scan of the drive to find the inaccurate Settings error by accessing the Start menu, typing cmd to find and opening the Command prompt, then typing the following command sfc / scannow
2. If it fails, you should try downloading the Windows Update Troubleshooter and see if this helps.

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Create a new Windows user

If you still can't open the Settings app, you should create a new admin account and transfer files to this account. Since the Settings application does not work, new accounts cannot be created from here, so users can use Microsoft Common Console Document if they are using Windows 10 Pro.

Step 1. Click Start and type lusrmgr.msc . In Common Console Document, click Users , right-click on the user, then " add new user ." Enter your information, then log out of your current account and access your new account via the Start menu or use the Ctrl + Alt + Del key combination.

If you use Windows 10 Home Edition, you can create new user accounts via Command Prompt. To open the Command prompt as an admin, click on the Start menu, type cmd then right-click the Command prompt and select ' Run as administrator '.

In the Command Prompt enter the following command but with the username and password you want to create for the new admin account:

 net user newusername newpassword / add 

Newusername : new admin user name

Newpassword : New admin account password

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The message ' The command completed successfully ' appears indicating that the account has been successfully created.

Step 2. Next, go to " Control Panel> User Accounts> User Accounts> Manage another account ".

Step 3. Select the newly created account, click " Change the account type ", then click " Administrator " in the new window and " Change Account Type ".

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Now, the user account you just created is an administrator account.

Step 4. Log out of your current account and go to the new user account. Try accessing the Settings app to see if it works. If it works, the next step you need to take is to transfer the files from the old Windows account to the new account.

Go to the system hard drive (where Windows is installed) in File Explorer, click View in the tab at the top, then check the " Hidden items " box.

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Navigate to the old user account in File Explorer (C: / Users / old account name by default), and double-click it. You will see the following message.

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Click Continue , enter your account password when prompted, then copy and paste all the files from that account into a new account (located at C: / Users / new username by default) .

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When you see a message asking to import folders from your old account to a new account, click Yes .

This method is not simple, but creating a new Windows account is the best way to fix the problem. However, you should try the first two simple ways before doing this.

I wish you all success!

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