Windows 10: Windows 11 Security won't open, other persistent issues

For weeks, if not months now, Windows Security has been misbehaving on my Nov '23 Surface Pro 9. Sometimes, usually shortly after startup, everything's fine, Security has its icon in the systray, and it's accessibe.But very often, the Security icon stops responding after the system has been up for a while: I click it and nothing happens. If that is the case, I can start Security from the Start Menu, but then it loads as a blank window. More often than not, this problematic state is accompanied by a yellow warning triangle on the systray icon, with 'actions recommended'. But not always.I've sco

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Windows won`t open an program when using Microsoft user

Windows won`t open an program when I try to open it with Microsoft account user, but when I login with local account, that program opens. I have tried with 2 Microsoft accounts, 1 admin and 1 normal user, and it won`t open in either one of them. What can cause this?

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cortana won`t talk to me

Hi Steven,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

It's unfortunate that you are facing this issue. Let me assist you to resolve the issue.

I appreciate if you could answer few questions to narrow down the issue and to provide you better assistance.

• Check and verify if Cortana is activated?
• Does Cortana search and gives any output/result on screen?
• Is the Language and region settings set to valid value?
• Check and verify if Cortana available in your region?

Method 1:

I suggest you to try to turn Cortana off and then try turning it on back and check if she talks. Refer to the steps below to turn Off and On Cortana:

• Open Cortana.
• Click the hamburger button in the top left of the window.
• Go to Settings and click on off.
• Follow the same steps to turn it on.
• Check if issue persists.

I would suggest you to refer to the article given below and check if that helps.

Cortana & search

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/cortana-search

Hope this information helps, let us know the status of the issue

 

Not able to open windows security

Hi, and thanks for reaching out. My name is Miguel O., Sorry to hear you're experiencing this issue!

Mark_Albin posted a solution to a user who had a similar issue:

"You can try the following steps to resolve the issue:

Run the Windows Security Troubleshooter: Go to Settings > Update & Security > Troubleshoot. Find and run the Windows Security troubleshooter.

Repair Windows Security using DISM: Open Command Prompt as administrator and run the following commands: DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /StartComponentCleanup

Re-register Windows Security apps: Open a Command Prompt as administrator and run the following commands:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Reset Windows Security app: Go to Settings > Apps > Apps & features. Find Windows Security, and click Advanced options. Click Reset"

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https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-...

If you have any trouble following any steps or the issue persists let me know!

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