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Discus and support I am unable to open settings application, and even when opening through any option settings... in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; While opening dispaly settings like for persnolize when right click it is showing error.When WinKey+R and hitting ms:settings cmd it is not opening... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Nunna Yugandhar, Jun 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM.

  1. I am unable to open settings application, and even when opening through any option settings...


    While opening dispaly settings like for persnolize when right click it is showing error.When WinKey+R and hitting ms:settings cmd it is not opening settings toolbar.I have tried some steps followed in earlier forum like reinstall through powershell cmds -- Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name windows.immersivecontrolpanel Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$$_.InstallLocation\AppXManifest.xml” -Verbose} and scan cmd also , it not working. Give me some help.

    :)
     
    Nunna Yugandhar, Jun 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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  2. Unable to open Settings and Magnifier.

    Hi Hans,



    Did you made any changes to the system prior to the issue?

    What exactly are you referring to ''the title appears on the bottom bar but will not open''?



    Did you check for any pending updates? If not, follow the below steps to update the Windows.


    • Press Windows key+ I to open the
      Settings.

    • Click on Update & security, then click on
      Windows Update.

    • Select Check for updates. If Windows Update says that your PC is up to date, you have all the updates that are currently available.

    This issue may occur due to corrupt or missing Windows files.

    You can also go to the Settings by pressing the windows
    key+ R. You may try to open the Settings with this shortcut and see if the options can be seen.



    If the above suggestions doesn’t help, you may run the
    system maintenance troubleshooter and check if the issue still persist.

    Follow the below steps to run the system maintenance troubleshooter.




    • Type troubleshooter in the search box on the task bar and then press
      Enter.

    • Select Troubleshooting from the list.

    • Click on view all in the left pan and select
      System maintenance troubleshooter.

    • Click next and follow the on-screen instructions.


    Hope you can open the Settings.

    Let us know if you need further assistance, we will be glad to help you.
     
  3. chadwick0 Win User
    Windows fails to open applications

    Hi,

    Once I have several applications open Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 refuses to open further application. I have heavy-weight applications like Delphi and Eclipse open, but the OS has coped with this in the past.

    No error messages are reported by the application I am attempting to open, and there are no messages in the event viewer. What is really strange is that once the OS gets itself into this state, it appears that the OS can't allocate enough memory to perform simple API calls. If I go into an application that is already open and try to open the file menu, or right click on the taskbar to open the context menu, nothing happens.

    If I close a few applications, then the problem goes away. The Task Manager performance tab indicates that I still have ~1Gb of physical memory available.

    I think this could be caused by:

    - A memory module is damaged. My memory is comprised of 1x1Gb modules. When the system attempts to allocate memory in the second module, it is unable to. I think this is a bit of a long-shot because I wouldn't expect my PC to boot if a memory module was playing-up

    - I've installed something that has put something malicious on my PC. The only things I've installed recently are PRGrep and WinGrep, but unfortunately I didn't make a system restore point, and windows hasn't retained those old restore points. However a full Sophos scan doesn't show-up anything.

    Any suggestions on how to diagnose/fix this welcome because I'm baffled as to what is going on.

    Thanks,

    Frank.
     
  4. Kem Mon Win User

    I am unable to open settings application, and even when opening through any option settings...

    Unable to open Settings

    Hi,

    Upon analyzing the issue, we need to check first if the
    partition is still available. To do so, follow these steps:


    • Open
      Command Prompt
      as
      Administrator.

    • Type
      these following
      commands:

      • Diskpart

      • List disk

      • Sel disk 0

      • List partition

    Check if the
    partition
    is still
    available. If it is, type
    exit
    to
    leave Diskpart
    and
    run
    these following
    commands:

    Disk Checker:

    To run
    Disk Checker, type
    chkdsk /f /r and hit
    Enter.

    SFC Scan:  

    To run an
    SFC scan, follow these steps:  


    • Run
      Command Prompt as Administrator.  

    • Type
      sfc /scannow
      and hit
      Enter.

    DISM Tool:  

    To run
    DISM Tool, follow these steps:


    • Run
      Command Prompt as Administrator.  

    • Type the following command:  

      • DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /scanhealth  

      • DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth  

    NOTE:
    This might take a while to finish scanning.
    Do not cancel.

    If the issue persists, we suggest that you contact your manufacturer
    for further assistance in resetting your BIOS.

    Let us know how it goes.

    Regards.
     
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