control panel won't open in windows 11

Hello Raymond,

Good day! I'm John DeV a Windows user like you and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you.

Please let me know if you have tried the 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.

Windows Key + R to open Run then type: cmd

Press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to Run as administrator.

Copy and paste each command below, you need to do it one at a time until

finishes scanning.

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Restart your computer

**Reset Settings app via PowerShell

Open PowerShell as Administrator

Copy and paste the command below then press Enter.

Get-AppxPackage *windows.immersivecontrolpanel* | Reset-AppxPackage

Restart your computer

**Repair all Windows apps via PowerShell

Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager then click File

Select "Run new task" then type: powershell

Make sure to put a check mark on the "Create this task with administrative privileges" box

Copy and paste the command 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"}

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

Kind regards,

John DeV

Independent Advisor

Thank you for your help. It doesn't work. Both control panel & network icons open and then close immediately. I have already gone back to windows 10. I may do a fresh installation later on. Thank you once again.

Hello Raymond,

Thank you for updating me with that information and I understand. Doing a Clean Installation usually fixes this issue.

You're welcome and have a great day.

Kind regards,

John DeV

Independent Advisor

Hello John,

Thanks for your help. It doesn't work. I have rolled back to Windows 10. I will do a clean installation later on.

Hello,

Suggest you to run System File Checker scan:

1. Search for 'command prompt' using Cortana or Windows Search.
2. From results, right click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.
3. Type sfc /scannow command and press Enter key.
4. Let the command complete and then reboot the machine.

If issue still persists, perform clean boot:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/929135/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows

Let us know if this helps!