Help Please
When I open Settings it opens and then closes almost immediately.
Is there a way to resolve this problem?
Many Thanks
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The “Settings” still the same. Thanks
Run SFC /scannow again
If that doesn’t help run repair/install.
“repair/install” is NOT a command. It is a link to the instructions on how to run a repair install. When you click on the link it leads here:
https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/6000015-repair-install-of-windows-10-22h2/
It happens to me, too – albeit very occasionally.
FWIW, the file “StartMenuExperienceHost.exe” appears to be hanging and then closing. A search of various MS/W10 forums suggest that there are quite a few others with the problem since the start of this year.
Beyond the suggestions already made above, there’s very little you can do about it. I find that restarting my device after the problem occurs seems to ‘flush’ it away for several days, even weeks. Fully shutting down your device (with Fast Start-up switched OFF) at the end of each day is, in my opinion, good practice for solving all manner of glitches such as this one.
Given the prevalence of the problem, one can hope (!) that MS are aware of it and might even produce a fix.
When I open Settings it opens and then closes almost immediately.
A few questions and things to try:
Open the Task Manager. Open Settings. Does the Settings appear in the Task Manager on the Processes tab under Apps? If not, look at the Background processes and see if Settings is listed there.
Open a Run box, enter ms-settings: and press the Enter key. Does the main Settings window stay open now? If it does stay open look in Task manager and see if it is listed under Apps.
Open a Run box, enter ms-settings:display and press the Enter key. Does this specific settings page open and stay open? If it does stay open look in Task manager and see if it is listed under Apps.
Close any browser and mail app that is open. Now try opening the Settings. If it does stay open look in Task manager and see if it is listed under Apps.
Let me know what you find out.
HTH, Dana:))
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