Fix NVIDIA control panel not showing In Windows 10 [Solved]

#2 – install Nvidia Control panel App from Microsoft store ... 3. Click on Apps & Features from the left menu. 4. Search Nvidia Control panel in the search box. SkiptomaincontentSkiptofooterAdditionalmenuManyNVIDIAGraphicsCardusershavereportedNVIDIAControlPanelnotshowingissue.ThiscontrolpanelthatletsuserscontrolpropertiesofNVIDIAGraphicsCardinstalledonusersPCgoesmissingfromDesktopContextmenu,Startmenu,orfromDesktopoutoftheblue.Thiscouldbearesultofafaultygraphicscarddriver,becauseoflatestupdates,missingregistrysubkeysandvalues,orsomerandomerrorhereandthere.     IfyourNVIDIAControlPanelismissingaswell,donotpanic.GivethefollowingmethodstofixmissingNVIDIAControlPanelinWindows10 atry,andyouwillbeallset. TableofContentsMethodsToFixNVIDIAControlPanelMissing#1–RestartNVIDIAServicesTofixNVIDIAControlPanelMissingIssue#2–installNvidiaControlpanelAppfromMicrosoftstore#3–ManuallyLaunchNVIDIAControlPaneltogetbackMissingNVIDIAControlPanel#4–UnhideNVIDIAControlPanel#5–PermanentSolutiontoNVIDIAControlPanelMissingbyNVIDIASupport#6–UpdateNVIDIAGraphicsDriverToFixNVIDIAControlPanelMissingIssue#7–ReinstallNVIDIAGraphicsDriverMethodsToFixNVIDIAControlPanelMissing Thefollowingstepsincludebasictroubleshootingaswellassomeadvancedtechniques.DonotskiptheadvancedonesiftheeasieronesdonothelptogetbackyourmissingNVIDIAControlPanel. #1–RestartNVIDIAServicesTofixNVIDIAControlPanelMissingIssue ItmayhappenthatNVIDIAControlPanelwentmissingfromtheDesktopcontextmenuaswellasthe SystemTray.AnotherbasicmethodforyoutotryistorestarttheNVIDIAspecificservices.LetusseehowtorestarttheseservicesonyourPC: Step1:OpentheRunboxbypressingWindows+Rkeystogether.Now,type services.mscintheRunboxandpress Enterbutton.     Step2:Thiswillopenthe Serviceswindow.Here,youwillfindalltherunningservicesonyourPC.Inthelistofservices,lookforserviceswhosenamestartwithNVIDIA.SelecteachNVIDIAserviceandclickontheRestartbuttonavailableontheleftsideofthewindow.     Iftheserviceisnotrunning,rightclickandclickonStart. IfitgivesanError14109withmessagesayingwindowscannotstartNvidiaDisplayContainerService,followthestepsbelow. 1.RightclickonStartbuttonandClickonDevicemanagertoopenit. 2.ExpandDisplayAdaptors. 3.RightclickandUninstallNvidiadriver. 4.RestartyourPC.   SeeifthismethodbroughtbackthemissingNVIDIAControlPanel.Ifitdidn’t,restartyourPCandcheckagain.Ifnothinghappens,trythenextmethod. #2–installNvidiaControlpanelAppfromMicrosoftstore 1.Clickonthestartbuttonandthengearshapedicontoopensettings   2.ClickonApps   3.ClickonApps&Featuresfromtheleftmenu. 4.SearchNvidiaControlpanelinthesearchbox. IfNvidiaControlpanelisalreadyinstalledonyourSystem.Uninstallit.       5.Now,gotoThisNvidiaControlpanelinstallLinkinMicrosoftstoreandinstallit.   #3–ManuallyLaunchNVIDIAControlPaneltogetbackMissingNVIDIAControlPanel Tillthetimeyoucannotfindapermanentfix,youcouldalsotrytomanuallylaunchthe NVIDIAControlPanelonyoursystemtofixtheissue.HerearethestepstofollowtomanuallylaunchandcreatedesktopshortcutofNVIDIAControlPanel: Step1:OpenMyComputerfolder.There,gotoCDrivefolderandlookforProgramFilesfolder.IntheProgramFilesfolder,youwillfindNVIDIACorporationfolder.Ifyoucan’tfind NVIDIACorporationsfolderinthere,lookforthesamein ProgramFiles(x86)folder.Onceyouarein NVIDIACorporationfolder,openthe ControlPanelClient.Inthisfolderlookfor nvcpluifile. Step2:Right-clickonthe nvcpluifileandclickon Runasadministratoroption. YoucanalsocreateaDesktopShortcutoftheNVIDIAControlPanelfromtheright-clickmenuofnvcplui. #4–UnhideNVIDIAControlPanel Ifyoucan’tfindNVIDIAControlPanelonyourDesktopContextMenuorStartMenu,there’sapossibilityitmightbehidden.ThishappensmostlywhenyouupdatetheNVIDIAgraphicscardsoftware.Let‘sseehowtogetbackNVIDIAControlPanelwiththefollowingsteps: Step1:OpentheControlPanel.Todoso,pressWindows+Rkeysatatime,type ControlintheRunbox,andpressEnter.     Step2:IntheControlPanelthatopens,viewtheoptionsbyLargeIcons,thendoubleclickontheNVIDIAControlPaneloption.     Step3:Lookfor Desktopor Viewmenu,clickonit,thenselecttheAdd DesktopContextMenuoptionfromthedrop-down.     GotoyourPC’sDesktopandseeiftheNVIDIAControlPanelappearsintheDesktopcontextmenu.   #5–PermanentSolutiontoNVIDIAControlPanelMissingbyNVIDIASupport EventhoughothermethodswerecapableoffixingthemissingNVIDIAControlPanel,someusersreportedtheyweregettingthiserroragainandagain.So,NVIDIAsupportprovidedapermanentsolutiontothisissue.Followthesesimplestepstogivethismethodatry: Step1:OpenMyComputerandfollowthebelow-givenfolderpath: ProgramFiles(x86) NVIDIACorporation Display.NvContainer Note:IfyoucannotlocatetheNVIDIAfolderin ProgramFiles(x86)folder,lookforitin ProgramFilesfolder. Step2:Inthe Display.NvContainerfolder,youwillfindafilenamed Display.NvContainer.Rightclickonitandslectthe Copyoption.     Step3:OpenStartupFolder.Todothat,PressWindows+RkeystogetherandopenRunbox.IntheRunbox,type shell:startupandpressEnterbutton.     Step4:IntheStartupfolderthatopened,doaright-clickandPastethecopied Display.NvContainerfile.     Step5:Right-clickonthe Display.NvContainerfileyoupastedinStartupfolder,andselectthe Propertiesoption. Step6:InthePropertieswindow,gototheCompatibilitytab.There,youwillgeta Runthisprogramasadministrator checkmarkoption;selectit.Thenclick Oktoapplythesettings.     Aftercompletingthesesteps,restartyourPCtofindthemissingNVIDIAControlPanelbackonyourdesktopcontextmenuandsystemtray. #6–UpdateNVIDIAGraphicsDriverToFixNVIDIAControlPanelMissingIssue Iftheabovemethoddidn’tworkforyou,thentheremustbeadriverproblem.Insuchcase,gotoDeviceManagerandupdateyourNVIDIAGraphicsDrivertofixmissingNVIDIAControlPanelinWindows10.Followthesesteps: Step1:Onyourkeyboard,presstheWindows+XkeystogethertoopenWin+Xmenu.Fromthemenu,clickon DeviceManager optiontoopenit.     Step2:InDeviceManager,lookfor Displayadaptersoption.ExpandittofindNVIDIAgraphicscarddriver.Right-clickonthedriverandclickon Updatedriveroption.     Step3:Anewwindowwillopen;clickon Searchautomaticallyforupdateddriversoftwareoption.Thiswillautomaticallylookforadriverupdate andinstallitifavailable.Ifnoupdateisavailable,itwillinformyouthataswell.     Iftheupdatedidn’thelpthecaseofmissingNVIDIAControlPanel,tryreinstallingthedriver.   #7–ReinstallNVIDIAGraphicsDriver UpdatingtheNVIDIAGraphicDriverdidn’tworkforyou?TryreinstallingitifyoucannotfindNVIDIAControlPanelinthedesktopcontextmenuandsystemtray.Herearethestepsthatwillhelpyoudoso: Step1:OpentheDeviceManagerbypressingWindows+Xkeystogether,andselecting DeviceManagerfromthelistthatappears.     Step2:ExpandtheDisplayadaptersoptionfromthelistofdriversinDeviceManager.Right-clickontheNVIDIAGraphicsCarddriverandselectthe Uninstalldeviceoption.     Step3:Aftersuccessfullyuninstallingthedriver,goto NVIDIA–DownloadDriverswebpage.There,selecttheappropriate ProductType,ProductSeries,andProductoptionsfromtherespectivedrop-downmenusaccordingtoyourcomputer’sconfigurationtodownloadthelatestdriver.Oncedownloaded,installthedriveronyourPC.     RestartyourPCandseeiftheNVIDIAControlPanelisavailablenowintheDesktopcontextmenuandsystemtray.   Finally, Althoughthemethod#4andmethod#5aretheultimatesolutiontofixNVIDIAControlPanelmissinginWindows10,youshouldalwaysbeginwiththemethodsmentionedatthetopofthearticle.Ifthesemethodsalsofailforyou,tryraisingaqueryonNVIDIAForum.Tillthen,youcanuseMethod#6tomanuallyopenNVIDIAControlPanelandaccessthegraphicsoptions. RelatedPosts:NVIDIAControlPanelcrashinginWindows10FixFixNvidiaGraphicsCardNotshowingupinWindows…HowtoopenControlPanelinWindows10ControlPanelisnotworkingoropeninginWindows10/11 ReaderInteractionsComments FirstSolutionissolvedmyproblem,thankyou🙂 Specs:Windows10x64AMDA8-7650k8gigsoframNvidiageforcegt1030solutions#1–#6doesn’twork.Downloadedadriverfromsolution#7,buttheinstallersaid“ThisNVIDIAgraphicsdriverisnotcompatiblewiththisversionofWindows”“Thisgraphicsdrivercouldnotfindcompatiblegraphicshardware hiihaveaprblmidontfindanythingnamedwithnvidiainallofthissteps(idownloadednvidiacontrollpanelto) Thankyouverymuch.Itworkedformebytheveryfirstmethod#1!!! heyThanksforaneasyreinstallofNvidiacontrolpanel Justdidthefirstmethod.AndNVIDIAControlPanelreappeared.Thanksalotbro.Loveyou.<3 thankyousomuch..itreallyworked..ispent2daysinfindingsolutiononInternet..butnothingworked.thankyousomuchforthispostithelpedmealot.thanks…keepitup… itdoesonlydownloadtheoldoneNvidiacontrolpanel justdownloadthenvidiacontrolpanelfrommicrosoftstoreappthenvidiacontrolpanelshouldgotothecomputersystemsoyoumustcheckyourstoreappsettingtodownloaditonyoursystemdisk Thankyou!Thesecondtiphelpedmegetmycontrolpanelupandrunningagain. hi,ihavealenovothinkpadyoga260signaturerunningintelgraphicsettings.ineedtosetupandusenvidiacontrolpanelforgamingpurposes.ihavedownloadedthesoftwareandinstalledit.howeverireceiveapopupmessagesayingthatNvidiadisplaysettingsarenotavailable.havegoneintomylaptopbiosbuticannotfindwheretomakethegraphiccard“switchable”formetobeabletorunNvidiaaswellasintel.couldyouhelpmeanyhow?thankyou Asof2020/4noneoftheaboveworksonthelatestWin10x641909Enterprise!IfoundthatinstallerisNOTinstallingorcopyingtheControlPaneltoforceyoudownloadthecrapWindowsStore/.NETCoreversion!OfcoursenewWindowsStorebasedon.NETCorewillhavethesamedestinyasWindowsMobileplatform!Our2decadeofdevelopmenton.NETFWwasreplacedby.NETCorein1nightbysomegeniusIndiansinMS!Andtheywannaforceinstallationsfromthestorebysuchamoralmethods! I’vedoneandtriedeverything,nothingworks.TheappfromtheMicrosoftstore,Icanclicktoinstallanditsaysstartingdownloadbutit’llbestuckandthentheprogressbardisappears. WhenIopenmyNVIDIAControlPanel,Itspop-ups(WindowsCannotAccessSpecifiedDevicePathOrFile.YouMayNotHaveAppropriatePermissionstoaccesstheitem.)CanIknowhowtofixit? BigrespectHARSHWARDHANIdontreallyreplytopeoplebutthewayyoupresented100% Ihadthe“buy”theappfor$0.00ontheappstorebeforeitwouldletmedownloadandinstall.Thatseemstohaveworked,atleastfornow. Thanks!!Ihadtheissueandnothingworked.Butyourfifthmethodsolvedmyproblem!!Reallyamazing. Itfixedtheproblembutafterrestartingthepctheproblemoccuragainandagain.Itfixbutonceuturnoffpcandturnonithappensagainasifidintfixedanything. #3shouldbethe#1!InthepasttheNVCPwasinstalledbythedriver.Nowitisn’t…YouneedtoinstallitfromtheM$Store.Thatsimple. Whatifidontwanttoinstallthecontrolpanel?HowtodisablethisDuckingnotification? Thankyou.It’sdone. 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