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d3v4n5hu
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Feb 09, 2023
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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...
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    swabbo
    Feb 10, 2023

    swabbo 

     

    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" }

     

     

     

     

     

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swabbo
Brass Contributor
Feb 17, 2023

d3v4n5hu Gamlling Chanksha_Lohiya akurakuu GabrielMarques92 NeXuS7714 

Thanks for the feedback.

Just want to inform you that the underlying issue with Apps (caused by combase.dll), including Nvidia Control Panel (nvcplui), has been fixed with build 25300, in case you haven't upgraded already.

I can also confirm.. it works for me again.

 

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2023/02/15/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-25300/

  • We fixed the underlying issue related to combase.dll, causing crashes with multiple apps using GetKnownFolder APIs after upgrading to Build 25290, including Notepad and Windows Terminal for IME users. This issue is also believed to be the root cause of some Insiders finding that certain actions in File Explorer were taking minutes to complete in these builds.

 

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So you can delete now the copied AppX Package of NVIDIA Control Panel from your desktop and use the familiar way to open it.

 

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