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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 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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d3v4n5hu
Copper Contributor
Feb 10, 2023
Hi there, I tried the /PowerShell command, and it WORKED. The control panel showed up. Thanks a lot for this temporary method. I hope Microsoft will fix this issue for the Windows Insider Dev Build in future so that the Nvidia Control Panel would open directly from the Context menu on desktop.

Also I updated my windows 11 to Build 25295.rs_prerelease.230203-1346. But the update didn't solve the problem.
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    swabbo
    Brass Contributor
    Feb 10, 2023

    d3v4n5hu 

    PS:

    There is a known issue with combase.dll, mentioned in the 25295 release notes.

    https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2023/02/09/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-25295/#:~:text=We%E2%80%99re%20working%20on%20the%20fix%20for%20an%20underlying%20issue%20related%20to%20combase.dll%2C%20causing%20crashes%20with%20multiple%20apps%20using%20GetKnownFolder%20APIs%20after%20upgrading%20to%20Build%2025290%2C%20including%20Notepad%20and%20Windows%20Terminal%20for%20IME%20users.

     

    • We’re working on the fix for an 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.