Windows 10: Bitlocker is Showing a Blank Screen in Control Panel

Faulting application name: manage-bde.exe, version: 10.0.22621.1, time stamp: 0x08ec67a0 Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 10.0.22621.3374, time stamp: 0xeae8eecc Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x0000000000096236 Faulting process id: 0x0x7E48 Faulting application start time: 0x0x1DAB2C06578B850 Faulting application path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\manage-bde.exe Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll Report Id: 7a8ba53c-fa0d-47f7-b6c0-0593ac3b1a3d Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID:

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Bitlocker menu in Control Panel is gone!!!!!

Hi,

From the above screenshot I see that you are not able to access or see the Bitlocker Drive Encryption in Control Panel, i suggest you to change the view of the Control panel and then check if you are able to access or view it.

Follow the below steps and check if it helps.

• Type Control Panel in the Search bar and then Enter.
• Select the View by options in the upper right pane.
• In Category select the small icons and then check if you can view the Bitlocker Drive Encryption option.

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

Control Panel Is Blank

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand that your facing issues were control panel is empty I will make sure to help you with this.

For issue with blank Control Panel, I suggest you to run System File Checker (SFC Scan) as this could be an issue with corrupt system files.

System File Checker is a utility in Microsoft Windows that allows users to scan for and restore corruptions in Windows system files

Perform System File Check (SFC), and then check if this fixes the issue.

Follow the steps:

• Press Windows Key + X.
• Click on Command prompt (Admin).
• In Command prompt, type ‘sfc /scannow’ without quotes and hit
  enter.

Also see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

Hope these information helps, please get back to us for future support, we’ll be glad to assist you further.

Thanks.

 

windows 10 control panel

Hello,

Thank you for visiting Microsoft Community and providing us with the detailed description about the issue.

As per the description, I understand that you want to know how to access the control panel in Windows 10?

I certainly understand your concern and will try my best to help you.

I would suggest you to try the following steps to open the Control Panel in the system.

Step 1: Opening Control Panel in Windows 10.

• 
  Open Run command box by simultaneously pressing Windows and R keys (Windows + R).
  
• 
  In the Run dialog box, type
  Control and then press Enter key to open the classic Control Panel.
  

Step 2: Access Control Panel in Windows 10 from desktop.

• 
  Right-click on the Start button (Windows logo button at the bottom-left corner of the desktop) and then click Control Panel to open the same.
  

Step 3: Launch Control Panel using search.

• 
  Open Start menu or screen.
  
• 
  In the search box, enter Control Panel and then press Enter key to open the same.
  

Note: You can quickly access the search with the help of Windows + C hotkey.

Step 4: Create Control Panel shortcut on desktop.

• Right-click on desktop, click New, and then click Shortcut.
• In Type the location of the item box, type the following path.

explorer shell:ControlPanelFolder

• Click Next button.
• In the Type a name for this shortcut box, type Control Panel, and click Finish button. You can now double-click on the Control Panel icon on the desktop to quickly launch the same.

Step 5: Pin Control Panel to Start or taskbar.

• 
  In the Start search box, type Control Panel.
  
• 
  When you see search results, right-click on Control Panel entry and then click Pin to Start to pin it to the Start menu or screen.
  

Note: Clicking Pin to taskbar will pin the Control Panel to taskbar.

I hope this information is helpful.

Please do let us know if you need any further assistance, we will be glad to assist you.

Thank you.