Windows System Setting Tab freezing when opened.

Question

When I open the System tab in Settings, it completely freezes. No crashing, just freezing. Any help?

Answer 1

Hello uwuWaterrrr,

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 system settings tab freezing when opened. Have you made any changes recently? When was the last time it worked properly? 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

**Reset Settings app

Press Start then right click Settings(Gear icon)

Select More > App settings > Reset

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

I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any further concerns.

Sincerely

John DeV

Independent Advisor

Answer 2

Is windows up to date? When did this start to be a problem?

Apply sfc /scannow.

Apply a clean boot.