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d3v4n5hu
Feb 09, 2023Copper Contributor
NVIDIA Control Panel won't open
To preface this, I'm entirely unsure if this is an issue with Windows Insider Dev builds specifically, or if there's something else wrong that I haven't been able to find on my own. I'm on Insider bu...
- Feb 10, 2023
Next insights and workaround:
Seems something is wrong with the path validation / ACLs for executables.
But it's possible to start NVIDIA Control Panel from other locations.
This workaround (/PowerShell command) copies the AppX Package of NVIDIA Control Panel to your Desktop where you can start the executables (specifically "nvcplui").
The command will start nvcplui right after copying.
Get-AppxPackage 'NVIDIACorp.NVIDIAControlPanel' | % { Copy-Item -LiteralPath $_.InstallLocation -Destination $Env:USERPROFILE\Desktop -Recurse -Force; Invoke-Item "$Env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\NVIDIACorp.NVIDIAControlPanel_*\nvcplui.exe" }
Chanksha_Lohiya
Feb 10, 2023Copper Contributor
d3v4n5hu Same problem I am on dev channel too. Tried performing a clean install but nothing worked. Waiting for them to fix this in upcoming update.