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Can't open Settings app in Win11 24H2 without disabling UAC
Just in case anyone comes looking about the same, it was a group policy object. The Default Domain object as a matter of fact. Having existed for around 30 years, it had some old, outdated objects that were no longer in GP and a few that still existed but aren't applicable to Win10/Server2016 and later. I created a new policy, added the objects that were still relevant and replaced the problem one with the new one. Settings opens now.
Just in case anyone comes looking about the same, it was a group policy object. The Default Domain object as a matter of fact. Having existed for around 30 years, it had some old, outdated objects that were no longer in GP and a few that still existed but aren't applicable to Win10/Server2016 and later. I created a new policy, added the objects that were still relevant and replaced the problem one with the new one. Settings opens now.