I recently used Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) to clean up my graphics drivers, and it worked great for that. However, when I checked my Windows settings afterward, I got a message saying, 'something went wrong. Try to reopen settings later.' I'm really hoping someone can help me resolve this issue.
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It sounds like a frustrating situation! DDU mostly targets graphics drivers, so it's possible your update issues are unrelated. Have you tried running the update reset commands in an admin Command Prompt? Here's a quick list:
1. Open cmd as admin.
2. Run these commands one by one:
- Net Stop bits
- Net Stop wuauserv
- Net Stop appidsvc
- Net Stop cryptsvc
- Ren %Systemroot%SoftwareDistributionDataStore DataStore.bak
- Ren %Systemroot%SoftwareDistributionDownload Download.bak
- Ren %Systemroot%System32catroot2 catroot2.bak
- Del "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%Application DataMicrosoftNetworkDownloaderqmgr*.dat"
- Net Start bits
- Net Start wuauserv
- Net Start appidsvc
- Net Start cryptsvc
3. Restart your PC and check for updates again!
Also, make sure Windows Update is set to automatic in services.msc.
I tried the commands, but I also attempted a system restore. Unfortunately, it said no restore points existed, which is strange since I usually keep them. My PC has had some issues with creating restore points before.