Can't open settings or anything related on Windows 10

[Klefth]

So whenever I try to open the settings menu from Start I see the window flash for less than a second, then it immediately closes, and any time I try to access anything related like, say, change screen resolution or personalization options I get this error.



Has anyone run into this or has any solutions?

[RH00D]

That seems very strange. Can you give details on your upgrade? Such as did you have anything like Classic Shell or Start8 installed before upgrading. Was it straight upgrade or have you clean installed?

 

You should check Event Viewer for critical errors. When an app crashes it will appear in Event Viewer.

[EposVox]

So whenever I try to open the settings menu from Start I see the window flash for less than a second, then it immediately closes, and any time I try to access anything related like, say, change screen resolution or personalization options I get this error.

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Has anyone run into this or has any solutions?

Also make sure you follow your post when making a thread or else you have no clue that anyone has replied

[Klefth]

It was a straight upgrade from Win8.1. No classic shell, no Start8.

Apparently whenever I try to launch the settings menu I get two errors at once, one from the application itself and one from "Side by Side", which seems to be the cause.

The error from the settings app reads:
Activation of app windows.immersivecontrolpanel_cw5n1h2txyewy!microsoft.windows.immersivecontrolpanel failed with error: The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail. See the Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI/Operational log for additional information.

Aaand I just realized that I can't activate either. The exact same error happens again.

[Klefth]

Never mind, I found the solution. I can now access everything and finally could activate my copy as well. I'll leave a link to the solution to this issue here in case anyone else runs into this.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/settings-doesnt-launch-or-launches-the-store/ec439819-7ee4-4b4d-abdd-35d82e04c55f?auth=1​

[nickl]

Never mind, I found the solution. I can now access everything and finally could activate my copy as well. I'll leave a link to the solution to this issue here in case anyone else runs into this.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/settings-doesnt-launch-or-launches-the-store/ec439819-7ee4-4b4d-abdd-35d82e04c55f?auth=1​

Just found the same answer somewhere else a bit earlier from this thread on the Microsoft Forums     . That was an annoying problem...