Windows settings issue: can't access notification settings in Windows 11

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Windows settings issue: can't access notification settings in Windows 11

Tyler Dobie 105

Windows settings issue:

no matter how I try to go there, Notification settings won't come up. It just doesn't do anything.

No error. This is affecting all workstations in my (enterprise) environment.

Latest OS version.

We had this issue 6 months ago, and it went away ... we were also able to solve it in some cases with this powershell command as admin:
Get-AppxPackage windows.immersivecontrolpanel | Reset-AppxPackage

but, problem came back ... and the above hasn't worked to make it go away again.

Anybody else seen this? Known bug? inTune compliance thing?

Thanks for any insights folks can provide.

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Answer 1

Tyler Dobie 105

I tried the above and the "Notifications and Actions" settings page still doesn't open.

Still an issue.

Rebecca 0 Reputation points

2025-09-12T21:03:46.2366667+00:00

Months later, but - I followed the steps provided and it didn't work for me either. But then I did the same thing in User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel, and it worked. Can finally get to notification settings to disable it.
Tyler Dobie 105 Reputation points

2025-09-12T21:11:55.07+00:00

I honestly don't know what my sysadmin did or didn't do but this is no longer an issue for us in our environment either. :)

Answer 2

Anonymous

Hello,

Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

Based on the information you have provided, I suggest you try the following methods to see if you can solve the problem:

Press the Win+R shortcut key to open the running window, type gpedit.msc, and then confirm to open the Group Policy editor.
Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel

Double-click the Settings Page Visibility policy on the right.

Select the Enabled option and enter showonly: notifications

User's image

Click Apply and OK.

I hope the information above is helpful.

Best regards

Zunhui

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Tyler Dobie 105 Reputation points

2025-04-17T22:33:47.6633333+00:00

Hi Zunhui,

Thanks for the suggestion.

I tried this and the "Notifications and Actions" settings page still doesn't open.

Still an issue.
Jonathan 5 Reputation points

2025-07-15T14:35:15.2466667+00:00

Anyone having this issue, remove the space between the colon and "notifications." That's the problem. Also, this solution will allow you to ONLY view notification settings under Settings. If you want to view (nearly) ALL settings, choose a setting to hide. I chose Wheel settings, because I will never use a Surface Dial:
Mike Cartier 0 Reputation points

2026-05-05T00:23:28.9433333+00:00

Nice....I couldn't get it to work with the showonly...., but as soon as I did the hide entry I could access notifications config section. Thanks man....I was so tired of outlook popping up every 2 senconds.