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Silasoul
Copper Contributor
May 28, 2026

Themes no longer working for WINDOWS 10

I am a Windows 10 user,

I hope someone here can help me out:

  • My Windows Themes suddenly stopped working. I can select all other categories under "Personalize", but clicking on "Themes" results in the application crashing (i.e., the window closing) and a SystemSettings.exe dump file being created.

Upon booting into Safe Mode, I got a direct error message that I screenshot:

How can I easily fix this without resorting to unwanted measures such as a system restore or having to create a brand new user profile?

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  • Stranger_Hanyo's avatar
    Stranger_Hanyo
    Copper Contributor
    May 28, 2026

    Try fixing the Windows 10 installation using the https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-to-use-dism-to-repair-local-image-on-windows-11.

    Note: The above link has the instructions for Windows 11, but they should work on Windows 10 as well.