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AAbner
Jun 30, 2026Iron Contributor
In the Insider Preview, the Settings app often crashes
In the latest Insider Preview build, the Settings app frequently crashes when opening Settings → System. I have tried clearing the Settings cache, restarting File Explorer, and other methods, but th...
SelinaKnow
Jul 03, 2026Copper Contributor
This sounds more like an Insider build issue than a normal Settings cache problem. Insider Preview builds can have app crashes, and Microsoft has listed Settings-related crashes as known issues in some preview builds before, so I would first check the release notes for your exact build and channel.
In short, if Settings only started crashing after the latest Insider Preview update, it is likely a build regression rather than something you can fully fix locally.