Running Win 10 Pro 64-bit 21H1...
Every time I attempt to go to Settings>Privacy>Location, the Settings app crashes and closes. All other entries under Settings>Privacy work as normal. Never seen the Settings app crash before.
Any ideas?
Re-register settings app, open Command Prompt with administrative privileges and execute following command:
Code:PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "& {$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage *immersivecontrolpanel*).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest}"
Thanks for the suggestion. First I ran sfc /scannow. Then I reset the settings app. Finally, I did the re-register command. Problem still persists...
Event Viewer indicates Exception code: 0xc0000409 in KERNELBASE.dll, which AFAIK is a generic code that provides no useful information.
Subsequently, I ran the following commands:
sfc /scannow
dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
sfc /scannow
chkdsk /scan
No errors reported.
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I observed that Settings>System was crashing. I rebooted in Safe Mode. When I attempted Settings>System, I saw this:
So I performed a System Restore from a few days ago. So far, all parts of Settings appear to be working again. Still don't know exactly what happened, but at least things are back to normal...
I'm glad to know the problem resolved.
Preliminary evidence suggests the cause may have been upgrading PowerShell from 7.1.4 to 7.1.5.
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