Windows 10: settings refuses to launch

my windows settings refuses to launches anytime i try to launch my settings. it trys to open for a while and disappears in a split second.

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Mail and Calendar App refuses to launch

Hello Austen,

Thank you for posting your concern in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 Family.

From the description provided, I understand that the Mail App refuses to launch in Windows.

To be able to understand the issue better, let us know if you receive any error messages related to the issue.

As an initial recommendation, I suggest you to check for the latest updates in Windows 10 which helps the PC to make optimal use of Windows 10 capabilities as well as fixing any missing links in performance of the operating system.

To check for updates now, go to Settings > Update & security > Windows Update, and select
Check for updates. If Windows Update says that your PC is up to date, you have all the updates that are currently available.

Now, I suggest you to refer to the below link to deploy the Troubleshooter for Windows 10 apps
and check if it helps.

Fix problems with apps from Microsoft Store

If it still does not help, follow the below steps to reinstall the Mail App in Windows.

Step 1 Uninstalling the Mail App

• 
  Press Windows key and type Powershell
  in search, right click on it and Open as administrator .
  
• 
  Type the following command in Powershell and hit enter:
  
  get-appxpackage *microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps* | remove-appxpackage
  

Step 2 Reinstalling the Mail App

Visit to: Mail & Calendar


Please let us know the results.

Thank you.

 

Settings won't launch

Hello Jen,

If you're having issue launching Settings from Start menu, we highly suggest performing the troubleshooting steps posted by Rohit Siddegowda in this
thread. Lots of Community user found his suggestions helpful.

Let us know if that worked out for you.

 

settings refuses to open

Does it crash when opening from the Start (cog icon) and when searching for "Settings app" in Cortana?

Can you check if the Settings actually closes;

1. Click on Settings even though it will disappear.

2. Right click bottom of screen (taskbar) and select Task Manager. It should open in the Processes tab.

3. See if Settings is displayed in the list of processes.

The common solution provided in the forum is creating a new user account. The steps are here ->

Settings doesn’t launch, or launches the Store instead