Settings crashes when selecting default app

Question

Hi,

I am using windows 10. When selecting default apps (for browser and certain file format eg .pdf), the settings app crashes and closes. Please advice.

Answer 1

Ciao GilbertLTan,

I'm Ugo, a Microsoft Independent Advisor willing to help other Microsoft customers.

Regarding your question, as a first troubleshooting option, can you please try the below?

Go to Settings > Apps & features > Search for the app causing an issue > Advanced Options > Reset > Try again changing the default app.

Please let me know if this helped somehow.

Ciao

Ugo

Answer 2

Hi Gilbert,

How are you accessing settings? I’ve had mine act differently if I access it from different locations.

Click notifications in the bottom right and go to “All settings” - are you having the same issue?

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Answer 3

Press Windows key + X

Click Windows PowerShell (Admin). 



At the command prompt, type the following, hit Enter the restart. 



PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "& {$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage \*immersivecontrolpanel\*).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest}"

or

Run the following troubleshooter:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/402749...

If none of the above work...

Run the Start menu troubleshooter:

http://aka.ms/diag_StartMenu

If that does not work:

Press Windows key + X

Click Task Manager

Select the Processes tab

Scroll down to Windows Explorer then select it

Click Restart

If that does not work:

uninstall your display driver:

Press Windows key + X

Click Device Manager

Expand Display adapters

Right click the current display adapter

Click Uninstall

Exit Device Manager

Restart

Answer 4

When I try to go to Settings -> Apps & features, the settings app crashes. I can get to everything else in Settings, just not App & features.