Change PC Settings link is broken after update to windows 8.1

Top draw. 

I was searching for a while. I could not run PC Settings in order to add the Microsoft Account. Madness! 

Then found this item and ran the script as per above. Magic! it worked PC Settings now runs. Why or why do we have to put up with this issues. 

John

I was able to get the settings to work using the advice listed below:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\ImmersiveControlPanel\AppxManifest.xml

Right click the start button and open a command prompt and then paste the above and hit enter.

But after getting into the settings none of the apps would work. The apps would immediately minimize to the taskbar when attempting to open. So I started looking around and I discovered the following. Windows had changed the User type of the Owner to "Standard User". There was a conflict because I could see where it was listed as an administrator but....

So short of a reinstallation here's what worked for me in this instance... I created another user. Then I edited that user's settings and gave it administrator priviledges. I logged off the current user and logged into the new user that I set up. I told it to delete the old user and save everything in a folder on the desktop. I created the same user name. I then edited it's priviledges and changed it to an administrator. I logged off and on to the New User with the same name as before but now with administrator priv. I then went went into folder options and in view told it to show hidden files. (Sometimes this is nec to access other user folders) I went into the other user folder and removed the folder with the files saved from the previous deletion and put them where I wanted them. I then deleted the temporary user.

The system is now working as it should.

I had this problem too, your suggestion helped me.

Thanks.

Struggled with Store, Settings, Skydrive etc not working.

Got the Store working and some other apps too using dowloaded troubleshooters from Microsoft, but PC Settings was a no go as well as Skydrive and Photos.

I made a new user using admin tools in control panel and PC Settings was working for this user so I knew it could work and after much more digging around I found this thread here:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/c4147bcc-a430-43fe-b4e9-f999552568da/81-store-apps-wont-load?forum=w8itprogeneral

It had all of the steps I used to get the Store working again and those that had failed on the pc settings, and then this:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\ImmersiveControlPanel\AppxManifest.xml

Right click the start button and open a command prompt and then paste the above and hit enter.

PC settings working without even needing to reboot, hope this helps someone, paste it forward into other threads you all have no doubt looked at w/o finding this solution.

this works instantly! just do as he says, cut and paste the command and wa la!