windows settings missing windows 10

Hello Rusty5913,

I'm John an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you. I'll be happy to assist you today. I understand you have a problem with windows settings missing. What is your current Windows operating system and version? Press Windows key+R to open Run then type: winver

Kindly try the suggested methods below.

**Restart Windows Explorer

Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.

Select the Processes tab.

Scroll down and select Windows Explorer, Right click then select Restart.

**Please try to run SFC and DISM to check for any system errors and corrupted files.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/402652...

After that, Restart your PC

**Re-register Settings app and built-in apps via Powershell

Windows key+X then select Windows Powershell (Admin)

copy paste the commands below one at a time then press Enter. Please ignore the red errors and let the process complete.

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name windows.immersivecontrolpanel | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml” -Verbose}

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

Restart your Computer

Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.

Sincerely,

John DeV

Independent Advisor

No, that was not the issue. Never figured out what was causing the issue but w clean install of windows fixed it. I was trying to avoid that at all costs but windows support had no other solutions.

my Settings Menu currently only shows Devices and Update & Security. It has been this way for a few months, I have tried several times to repair windows, update windows, and reinstall drivers.  I want to be able to access all of my settings like display and sound again.  Does anyone have an idea of how to resolve this?

Have you earlier enabled Group Policy settings to hide specific pages of Settings app?

Hello Rusty5913,

Thank you for updating me with that information. I apologize that this did not resolve the issue.

If Repair install via In-place upgrade using media creation tool does not work, You may need to consider doing a "Reset of your PC" with "Keep my files" option selected.

Press Start then click Settings

Select Update and Security > Recovery

Under Reset this PC, click Get Started

Select Keep my files

You can check the support article below for more details.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/rec...

Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.

Sincerely,

John DeV

Independent Advisor

Hello John, I have run through these steps, and even attempted to repair windows with the media creston tool and still no resolution. Any other ideas?