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how to prevent the settings process in windows 11 from running in the background

Anonymous
2023-03-01T00:49:49+00:00

I proceeded to disable all the options and features on the settings page because they are not needed for me and despite this the setup process, better known as "SystemSettings.exe", is re-run from time to time.

Is there a way to prevent this process from running in the background?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-26T12:00:30+00:00

    I always disable all permissions except camera and microphone. and yet this garbage process keeps running.

    If the intention is to execute this process so that the configurations open more quickly, it seems totally unnecessary to me.

    I prefer to wait a few more seconds for the settings to open, than to have to endure having this process in the background.

    I even hate that runtymebroker is running all the time. That's why I miss Windows 7.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-03-20T21:25:26+00:00

    I understand what you are saying, but in Windows 10 it was not a priority that the sistembroker.exe or sistemsettings.exe process had to run in the background.

    Although it consumes almost no resources, it is annoying to know that there are more processes than before.

    it is completely unnecessary for the setup process to run.

    Also, as I said before, I have disabled absolutely all the options that come in the settings page of Windows 11.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-29T14:06:16+00:00

    Hey,

    Click on start and type "Settings"
    Right click on Settings -> App Settings..
    set "Background Component Permissions" to "Never"..

    I needed to do this since if this is run on bg, there is a delay when using keyboard shortcuts to run commands..

    For some reason windows 11 makes it harder or impossible at times to do things if you're a power user.
    (Taskbar icons always show | background apps settings | default apps | right click | and so on....
    I really hope this will change soon and they realize that taking away options is a really bad decision when building an OS..

    Cheers!

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  4. Ivan B 107.9K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-03-01T01:27:45+00:00

    Hi , danielgomez8233.

    I am Ivan, I will help you with this.

    This is because some applications have the system running in the background during use, but the systemsettings process does not consume a certain amount of use in the background.

    The recommendation is not to disable anything related to the windows APPX, because several problems may occur in the future in windows itself, mainly related to the store.

    Independent Advisor - Community

    Thanks

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