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And..... it happened again today, can you believe? I've never seen an OS as buggy as Windows 10, even after a clean install. This loss of settings protocol association issue is like a running gag and the "spiritual successor" to the issue in Windows 8.1 in which Modern apps, Store and Settings would not open, requiring a batch file with a script to restore their functionality. I've reported this issue several times in Windows Eight forums, and now it's Windows 10 time!
Sorry If I'm ironic, but I get mad because it's very frequent. I'm kinda afraid one of these days this fix won't work anymore, making a Windows 10 fresh install the only remaining way to solve this issue.
By the way, Microsoft has some insight and a possible fix for this issue:
Settings doesnt launch, or launches the Store instead - Microsoft Community