How to Fix ‘Start menu/ms-settings’ Not Working on Windows

On Windows 10, sometimes there often Start menu / ms-settings not working issue which prevents users to access the main settings. If you are facing the same issue on your Windows PC or laptop then you may follow the methods I have mentioned in this article to fix this issue.

Reinstalling and registering all UWP apps

You can fix this issue by reinstalling and re-registering all UWP apps. To do so, follow the steps listed below:

• Click on the Windows and R keys together.
• It will launch the Run prompt box.
• After that, enter “PowerShell” in the provided field.
• Click on the Control, Shift, and Enter keys together.
• It will open the Power shell menu.
• You will get the User Account Control window on the desktop.
• Press on the Yes button.
• After going in the Powershell menu, enter the below mentioned command:

            | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

• Click on the reinstall and register option.

Add a password to your Windows account

Alternatively, you can also resolve this issue by add a password to your Windows account. Follow the steps below to do so:

• Launch the Run prompt box by clicking on the Windows and R keys together
• Enter “cmd” in the provided field.
• Click on the Control, Shift, Enter keys together.
• It will launch the Command Prompt menu.
• After opening the User Account prompt menu, press on the Yes button.
• After going in the Command Prompt menu, enter the below-mentioned command:

net user username password /add

• Click on the Enter button for adding the password to the user account.
• After that, click on the Windows and R keys together.
• It will launch any other Run prompt box.
• Enter “control.exe /name Microsoft.UserAccounts ‘in the provided column.
• Click on the Enter button for opening the User Account menu.
• After going in the User Account window, press on the Manage another account option.
• It is located on the right corner of the screen.
• By going to the Manage Account section, press on the account where you have to enter the password.
• Press on the Change the account type option.
• After going in the Change Account Type option, start changing the account type option into the Administrator option.
• Press on the Change Account type option for saving the changes you have done.
• Make sure that you are signed in to the account.

Deploy DISM and SFC commands

You can also run SFC and DISM scans on your Windows PC to fix this issue. Below are the detailed steps listed to run these scans on your PC. Go through the steps to do:

• Click on the Windows and R keys together.
• These keys launched the Run pop-up box.
• In the Run menu, enter “cmd” in the given box.
• Click on the Control, Shift, and Enter keys together.
• It will launch the Command Prompt menu.
• After going in the Command Prompt menu, enter the below-mentioned command:

            sfc /scannow

• Click on the Enter button.
• It will launch the SFC scan option.
• Start the system and check whether this error is fixed or not.
• After completing the booting sequence, launch any other command prompt.
• After going in the Command Prompt menu, enter the below-mentioned command:

        DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

• Click on the Enter button.
• Once you have completed the scanning process, start the system again, and check if this error is fixed or not.

Davis Johnson is a self-professed security expert; she has been making the people aware of the security threats. Her passion is to write about Cybersecurity, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. She writes for Norton security products at norton.com/setup.

Source:-  Windows