Hello G-Dubb-o-u,
Good day! I'm John Dev a Windows user like you and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you.
Open Registry Editor then navigate to this path
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Please check if "SettingsPageVisibility" string value is present in the right pane. If so, right click it then select Delete. Restart your computer
Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.
Kind regards,
John DeV
Independent Advisor