Runtime error program c windows immersivecontrolpanel systemsettings exe

As we all know Windows operating systems (OS) are shipped with some pre-installed Visual C++ Redistributable Package(s). The latest OS i.e. Windows 10 is shipped with Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package. These packages are required to run the Desktop programs/apps created using Visual Studio, and more importantly when your machine doesn’t have Visual Studio installed.

Today, a strange this happened on my Windows 10 Pro system. While configuring some options in Settings app, I suddenly received this error message which is related to Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library. Here is the complete message:

Here, clicking OK button doesn’t do anything, not even closing this error message. Also Settings app becomes unresponsive, on the other hand. As you can see in the above screenshot, the error message is only related to Settings app, which is an Universal App and baked into the OS. Hence, it is not possible uninstall this app and then re-install it. However, if you like, you can re-register all apps which will eventually re-register Settings app and see if it solves this issue. Here are the steps for it:

Re-register all apps in Windows 10

If re-registering didn’t solved this issue, you’ll then need to update or install latest Visual C++ Redistributable Package(s). Here is how:

FIX : This Application Has Requested The Runtime To Terminate It In An Unusual Way In Windows 10

1. Press + E to open File Explorer. In the left pane, click This PC. Now in the ribbon, click Uninstall or change a program.

2. Next, in the Uninstall or change a program screen, from the list of installed programs, look for Visual C++ Redistributable Package(s). Highlight them one-by-one and each time do a right click, select Uninstall. Close the window.

3. Use following links to download latest version of Visual C++ Redistributable Package(s) from Microsoft. Make sure you download an upgraded version as compared to the one you uninstalled above.

Download Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Package

Download Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable Package

Download Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package

4. The download gives you an .exe file on which do a right click and select Run as administrator.

5. This will launch the setup and you’ve to accept license agreement first and then click Install.

After few seconds, you’ll get Setup successful message. Click Close and restart your machine.

After rebooting the machine, the error will no longer appear.

Let us know via your comments, if issue still persists!

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This is a reviving of this thread, into which I couldn’t post a reply for some reason :

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/54006f22-bb90-4dc8-b131-be6d382b8407/all-system-settings-crashes-with-immersive-control-panel-and-windowsuixamldll

CONFIGURATION:

• Windows 10 Pro
• Brand new Dell computer (Dell XPS 15 7590)
• no programs installed apart from the ones provided by Dell.
• Same issue on both local admin profile and roaming
  company profile.

SCENARIO:

1. Open the list of installed programs. There are two ways of doing it :

• Open the Windows settings by opening the Windows menu (or by pressing press Windows key + R) and select the app named «Settings«. This is
  SystemSettings.exe under the hood. Then click on «Apps and features«.
• Alternatively, still in the Windows menu, you can run «Add or remove programs» which leads to the same settings menu, just directly.
• Do not confuse this with the «old» programs list that can be opened through the Control Panel.

    2. The «Settings» window briefly appears.

EXPECTED:The list of applications currently installed gets displayed eventually

OBSERVED (Faulty) : The window disappears almost immediately and nothing happens.

TROUBLESHOOTING:

• Open the Windows menu, type «event» and open the Even viewer.
• Expand «Windows logs» -> «Application»
• Observe that an error entry appeared in the journal when the crash of SystemSettings.exe occurred.

Faulting application name: SystemSettings.exe, version: 10.0.17763.1, time stamp: 0x9d9d9332
Faulting module name: Windows.UI.Xaml.dll, version: 10.0.17763.168, time stamp: 0x4b439076
Exception code: 0xc000027b
Fault offset: 0x0000000000708ab2
Faulting process id: 0x2d8
Faulting application start time: 0x01d493169446e2bf
Faulting application path: C:WindowsImmersiveControlPanelSystemSettings.exe
Faulting module path: C:WindowsSystem32Windows.UI.Xaml.dll
Report Id: 426010f9-5e67-47ee-a88d-36a3781100c4
Faulting package full name: windows.immersivecontrolpanel_10.0.2.1000_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy
Faulting package-relative application ID: microsoft.windows.immersivecontrolpanel

ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE:

1. Tried to re-register the settings app using Powershell :

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

> Issue still identical

    2. Tried to create a new Profileusing lusrmgr.msc

As described here : https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-settings-app-not-working-in-windows-10

> Issue still identical

    3. Tried to reset Windows entirely

Opened Windows menu, selected «Reset this PC», clicked on «Get started» and followed the steps. After reset, followed the wizard to create an account. Then immediately retried to open «Add or remove programs».

> Issue still identical

    4. Tried to uninstall every app

• Open the Control Panel (windows+R —> Control Panel)
• Click on «uninstall a program»
• uninstalled every app one by one and let the computer restart whenever requested

> issue still identical even when the list of programs is entirely mpty.

     5. Tried to update Windows and install every manufacturer update

I let Windows update install every required update to be absolutely up to date, then installed all the latest updates and drivers from Dell and third-party manufacturers

> Issue still identical

QUESTION

Could Microsoft please debug the Immersive Control Panel to make it less crash-prone? There are several occurrences of its instability over the Internet.

• Edited by

  Thursday, January 30, 2020 2:20 PM