How to bring back disappeared settings

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How to bring back disappeared settings

vovacix 20

Без имени A lot of settings including windows update disappeared. Im on Windows 11 Home and when im trying to search a setting that is disappeared it shows up but i cant click on it and i checked services and windows update was there a lot of settings just disappeared from settings and i cannot access them. I tried using troubleshooter, system scan, disk scan, tried doing youtube tutorials, tried using programs that was fixing this problem but nothing worked it just appear in the settings, does anybody know how to fix this problem?

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Ramesh Srinivasan 87,355 Independent Advisor

Many sections of the Settings page seem to be hidden due to a policy setting.

Please open Command Prompt (admin) and run the following commands to clear the policies.

reg delete HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v "SettingsPageVisibility" /f

reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v "SettingsPageVisibility" /f

Post the output here.

Close and reopen Settings.

(Another possibility is that the Settings app is corrupt. Let me know the outcome of the above commands so that I can post the next fix, if necessary.)

vovacix 20 Reputation points

2026-08-08T20:52:26.4633333+00:00

i tried this already didnt help it says not found
Ramesh Srinivasan 87,355 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2026-08-09T02:54:20.43+00:00
Press Win + R. In the Run dialog, type the following:

ms-settings:windowsupdate

Click OK.

Does that open the Windows Update page in Settings?
vovacix 20 Reputation points

2026-08-09T11:24:17.35+00:00

It opens home page in the settings

Ramesh Srinivasan 87,355 Independent Advisor

From PowerShell (admin), run the following commands to reinstall the Settings app.

Get-AppXPackage windows.immersivecontrolpanel -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml" -Verbose}


Get-AppxPackage windows.immersivecontrolpanel | Reset-AppxPackage

vovacix 20 Reputation points

2026-08-09T16:39:16.5433333+00:00

I ran powershell with administrator rights and ran that commands, even though no errors showed nothing seems to be changed or fixed
Ramesh Srinivasan 87,355 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2026-08-09T16:42:48.53+00:00
Launch Settings > System > Recovery. Under "Fix problems using Windows Update", select Reinstall now.

This does a repair installation, keeping your files, apps, and settings.

More info:

Fix issues by reinstalling the current version of Windows
vovacix 20 Reputation points

2026-08-09T17:20:22.95+00:00

There is no recovery in the settings how you can see on the screenshot that i put above
Ramesh Srinivasan 87,355 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2026-08-09T17:25:45.2366667+00:00

My mistake. Please do a repair installation using the ISO.

This tutorial should be helpful.

How to run In-place upgrade in Windows 11 - Microsoft Q&A:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4252110/how-to-run-in-place-upgrade-in-windows-11
vovacix 20 Reputation points

2026-08-10T10:18:02.0666667+00:00

Thank you very much it fixed settings
Ramesh Srinivasan 87,355 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2026-08-10T10:19:16.6266667+00:00

You're welcome @vovacix