Windows 10: Unable to open "Settings" in Windows 10 64-bit

Hi there,



I'm using Lenovo Yoga 500. Last week, all of a sudden, my keyboard stopped working except two keys Screen Brightness + and -. So i decided to reset the Windows 10. It actually rectified the keyboard issue, but now I'm unable to use "Settings" option. When I click, it opens for 1 or 2 seconds and disappears. I tried several ways to open it as mentioned below.

Click the Start icon and select Settings.

Click the Start icon, type Settings, and select the app from the list

Right-click the Start icon and select Settings from the menu

Press the Windows and I keys together simultaneously

Press the Windows and R keys together simultaneously to open a run box and type ms-settings and hit the OK button

Open a Command Prompt or Powershell with administrator rights, type start ms-settings, and press Enter

Nothing worked. So I tried few other solutions.


1. Tried "sfc /scannow" in Windows Powershell Admin. It came up with the result "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations."


2. Tried "Get-AppXPackage foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode - Register "$$_.InstallLocation \AppXManifest.xml"}". It came up with below error in red color. And with several similar error in red color. It was a long list

Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path 'C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewyAppXManifest.xml'

because it does not exist.

At line:1 char:28

+ ... Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$$_.I ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFou

ndException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand




3. Tried creating another user with admin rights. Didn't work in that user also.


So what should I do now?

:)

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

GPU-Z update loop (Windows 10 64-bit)

I don't have better steps - this is all, I have nothing to add.

Maybe it is worth noting issue was on Windows 10 Enterprise, build 14393.187, so maybe you should test on the same.
My other PCs have a different Windows 10 version - Pro, latest Insider Preview build from last week, and there is no such issue on those.
All are 64-bit edition of Windows 10.

This issue is not new. I have had same 1-2 years ago too, with older GPU-Z versions.

EDIT: And yes, I have Windows 10 UAC enabled and set to defaults. If you are using your Windows PCs with UAC off, you likely cannot reproduce this issue. *Smile

 

how to upgrade to 64 bit from 32 bit windows 10

Hello,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft community. I regret the inconvenience caused to you.

As per the above description I understand that you are unable to upgrade from 32 bit to 64 bit in windows 10. Let me help you.

• 
  Have you formatted the drive before installing 64 bit OS?
  

I would suggest you to refer the below article created by Andre Da costa and check if it helps.

Download Windows 10 64 bit then create a bootable copy:

How
to download official Windows 10 ISO files

Please be informed that after downloading the ISO select the architecture as 64 bit uncheck the option use recommended setting for this pc. Now check the status.

Hope this information is helpful. Please post in case you have any further issues, I will be glad to help you.