After installing updates, Settings will not open

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Edition Windows 10 Home
Version 22H2
Installed on ‎2/‎22/‎2021
OS build 19045.4529
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19058.1000.0

I normally pause updates for maximum allowed time.  That was “up” tomorrow (17 June), so I installed updates today.  No apparent hitches to the install.  When the laptop restarted after install process, the Settings window would only display for 2-3 seconds before disappearing.  I’ve shutdown and restarted.  I’ve run “sfc/scannow” and I’ve even installed and run “Fortect” and DISM with no success.  Help???

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This is my husband’s laptop (he gets the “trickle down” hardware).  Nothing was done to the laptop other than allowing it sit “on”. I logged out of my admin account and logged into his account. I told him his apps appeared to be working but to let me know if he ran into anything odd.

After posting the message above, I went back to his machine to review the PC properties (click File Explorer, right click “This PC”, click “Properties”)–forgetting that this opens Settings.

The Properties opened and stayed open.  So I thought “ah ha”.  Nope!  Clicked on the home icon and the Settings home opened for about 3 seconds then disappeared.  Couldn’t remember any other shortcuts to Settings pages.

Today I sauntered into his office and “for grins” I tried to open Settings.  It opened.  I could change network properties (I keep our machines on “metered network” when not running updates) and set the pause on updates to 5 weeks.  I was able to open other Settings pages.

Do NOT know why Settings is now accessible.  We didn’t even reboot or shutdown/restart the laptop after I gave up on Settings being accessible.  In my experience, either a fix works or doesn’t…there is no “waiting period” for a fix to take effect.

Could this indicate a hardware problem or a “pending” hardware issue?

So the problem has resolved itself but leaves me in the dark as to the problem and no assurance that it will not return.

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