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ImmersiveControlPanel C:\Windows\ImmersiveControlPanel

Files of the Windows Settings app (SystemSettings.exe and its resources); do not modify.

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What it’s for

This is the folder of the Windows Settings app, which replaced much of the classic Control Panel. “Immersive Control Panel” is its internal name, inherited from Windows 8. You launch it from the interface or through the ms-settings: URI scheme, which opens a specific page directly.

What it contains

  • The SystemSettings.exe program, with its libraries and resources (images, localized strings, pages).
  • The UI components used by the Windows setting pages.
  • The folder is part of the system image and is updated by cumulative updates.

Risks and best practices

  • If a file is missing or has been replaced, Settings no longer opens or closes at startup. When the app will not launch, repair the system with sfc /scannow and then DISM, or re-register the package, rather than touching the files.
  • In documentation and scripts, use ms-settings: URIs to open a page directly. Some depend on the Windows version, edition or installed features.

Useful commands

Fenêtre de terminal
# Contents (read-only)
Get-ChildItem "$env:windir\ImmersiveControlPanel" -Force | Select-Object Name, Length, LastWriteTime


# Settings app package
Get-AppxPackage -Name windows.immersivecontrolpanel -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object Name, Version, InstallLocation


# Open a Settings page by URI
Start-Process 'ms-settings:about'

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