Download settings windows 10

While many people will balk and wish that Microsoft wasn&#;t slowly burying the trusted Control Panel, the Settings app has grown into a key feature of Windows It&#;s the launchpad into controlling your system – from adding devices to controlling users and gaming features. If Settings stops working, Windows becomes pretty dysfunctional.

So if your Settings app is stalling or just not opening in the first place, here&#;s a bunch of fixes that should get it back in working order.

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A Simple Solution

Sometimes, the best solutions are those that seem too simple to be true. But in tech, that&#;s often the case. Here&#;s a simple solution:

1. Click the Start button, right-click the cog icon that would normally lead to the Settings apps, then click More and &#;App settings&#;.

2. Finally, scroll down in the new window until you see the Reset button, then click Reset.

Settings reset, job done (hopefully).

Alternative Ways to Open Settings

If you&#;re just looking for a quick workaround to a misbehaving Settings app, then your best bet could be to try and open it another way.

One method is to press + to try and open the Settings app.

Alternatively, you can click the Action Center icon in the taskbar (the speech bubble at the bottom-right), and then click &#;All Settings.&#;

If these methods don&#;t work, or if your Settings app still can&#;t be accessed the normal way via your Start menu, then it&#;s time to try something a little more involved&#;

Reinstall and Re-Register Windows Apps

The Settings app in Windows 10 is counted among the official built-in Windows apps, so reinstalling it (along with every other Windows 10 app) should fix whatever problems you may have with it.

To do this, open the PowerShell (just type &#;powershell&#; into the Start menu Search, then right-click it and &#;Run as administrator&#;) and enter the following command:

That will re-register and reinstall all Windows apps, hopefully getting the Settings app (and others) back to full working order.

Run an SFC Scan

Before trying the more elaborate method of fixing the Settings app, here are a couple of quick fixes that might do the job:

• Scan your hard drive for errors &#; go to the Start menu, type , open the command prompt, then type
• That failing, you should try downloading the Windows Update Troubleshooter and see if that helps.

Create a New Windows User

If you still can&#;t open the Settings app, then it&#;s time for the more radical solution of creating a new administrator account and transferring your files over to it. Seeing as you can&#;t use the Settings app to create a new account, you can instead use the Microsoft Common Console Document if you have Windows 10 Pro.

1. Click Start and type . In the Common Console Document, click Users, right-click users, then &#;add new user.&#; Enter your info, then sign out of your current account and into your new one either through the Start menu or + + .

If you have Windows 10 Home Edition, then you&#;ll need to create a new user through the command prompt instead.

Click the Start menu, type , right-click Command Prompt, and then click &#;Run as administrator.&#;

In the Command Prompt type the following command but with the username and password that you want to create for the new administrator account:

You should see the message &#;The command completed successfully&#; to inform you that the account has been created.

2. Next, go to &#;Control Panel -> User Accounts -> User Accounts -> Manage another account.&#;

3. Select the new account you just created, &#;Change the account type,&#; then click &#;Administrator&#; in the new window, followed by &#;Change Account Type.&#;

The new user is now the administrator.

4. Sign out of your current account and into the new user account. Try accessing the Settings app, and it should now be working.

The next step is to transfer your files from your old Windows account to your new one.

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

Navigate to your old user account in File Explorer (C:/Users/old account name by default) and double-click it. You&#;ll see the following prompt.

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

You&#;ll see a message asking if you want to merge the folders from your old account to your new one. Click Yes.

Uninstall Clashing Apps

Believe it or not, there are some apps that are known to prevent the Windows 10 Settings app from working. One such app is the Lenovo Onekey Theater app. This app is meant to simplify the audiovisual experience on Lenovo devices. However, it seems that it has caused issues for some users and caused their Settings app to just not work. Unfortunately, there might be some other apps out there like this, so you should consider researching to see if any of your recently installed apps caused an issue.

Wrapping Up

The Settings app is quite important in Windows and when it is not working, it can affect your work and productivity. Use the above methods to fix the issue. If your issue lies with Windows not starting, here&#;s the fix.

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William Elcock

William has been fiddling with tech for as long as he remembers. This naturally transitioned into helping friends with their tech problems and then into tech blogging.