How to Fix NVIDIA Control Panel Crashing/Not Opening

Many users reported that NVIDIA Control Panel keeps crashing on Windows 10. For some the Control Panel crashes when clicking on Manage 3D settings, ... X Click ToinstallDriverEasy Click Click Click Click Ifitdoesnotdownloadautomatically,pleaseclickhere. Weonlyrecommendproductswebelievein.Productsthatwork.But,justsoyouknow,wemayearncommissionindoingso. Home›KnowledgeBase›ProgramIssues HowtoFixNVIDIAControlPanelCrashing/NotOpening The2022ultimateguidetofixyourNVIDIAControlPanel. MarcusLiang LastUpdated:3monthsago 5 ManyusersreportedthatNVIDIAControlPanelkeepscrashingonWindows10.ForsometheControlPanelcrasheswhenclickingonManage3Dsettings,andforsomeitjustwon’topenatall. Butdon’tworry.Thisissuemightnotbesohardtofix.Andhere’resomewaysyoucangettheControlPanelworkingrightaway. Trythesefixes Youmightnotneedtotrythemall.Simplyworkyourwaydownuntilyoufindtheonethatdoesthetrick. RunasanAdministratorCheckfilesonyourDesktopCheckforsystemupdatesUpdateyourgraphicsdriverRemoveconflictingprogramsRebuildfilesofNVIDIAControlPanelRepairsystemfiles Fix1:Runasadministrator Insomecases,itwouldjustbeapermissionissue.SofirstyoucantryrunningNVIDIAControlPanelasadministratorandseeifitworksforyou. InsteadofopeningviatheDesktopshortcut,youneedtorunNVIDIAControlPanelintheinstallationfolder. Onyourkeyboard,pressWin+R(theWindowslogokeyandtheRkey)andtypeorpasteC:\ProgramFiles\NVIDIACorporation\ControlPanelClient.ThenpressEnter.Rightclicknvcplui.exeandselectRunasadministrator. Ifthismethoddoesn’tworkforyou,simplycontinuetothenextonebelow. Fix2:CheckfilesonyourDesktop Itmightsoundstrange,butsomeusersreportedthattheculpritwassomefiles/foldersontheirDesktop.Accordingtothefeedback,youcancheckandmoveanyfilesorfolderswithalengthyname.OryoucanmoveeverythingonyourDesktoptoanotherdriveandseeifNVIDIAControlPanelworksnow. Ifthistrickdoesn’tgiveyouluck,checkoutthenextonebelow. Fix3:Checkforsystemupdates Youmightrunintoissuesifyoursystemismissingsomeimportantupdates.NormallyWindowswillupdateautomatically,butyoucanmakesureyouhaveinstalledallthepatchesmanually. Onyourkeyboard,pressWin+I(theWindowslogokeyandtheikey)toopentheWindowsSettingsapp.ClickUpdate&Security.ClickCheckforupdates.Windowswillthendownloadandinstalltheavailablepatches.Itmighttakesometime(upto30mins). Toconfirmyou’veinstalled all thesystemupdates, repeatthesesteps untilitprompts“You’reuptodate”whenyouclick Checkforupdates. Whenyou’resureyoursystemisuptodate,doarebootandlaunchNVIDIAControlPanel. Iftheissuepersists,youcanmoveontothenextsolution. Fix4:Updateyourgraphicsdriver It’sverylikelytheissueisdriver-related,whichmeansyoucouldbeusingabrokenoroutdatedgraphicsdriver.Youshouldalwaysmakesureyourdriversareuptodateasit’dhelpyousteerclearoflotsofissues. Youcanupdateyourgraphicsdrivermanually,bygoingtotheNVIDIAwebsite,findingthelatestcorrectinstallerforyourmodelandinstallingstepbystep.Butifyoudon’thavethetimeorpatiencetodothatmanually,youcanupdateautomaticallywithDriverEasy.Anditsrestorepointfeaturewillhelpyousafelyrecoverfrombuggydriverupdates. IfyourPCishavingpersistentdisplayissues,werecommendyouusea third-partydriverupdater.AprofessionaltoolnotonlyupdatesdriversonyourPC,italso fixes thosethatareeitherbrokenormissingaltogether. DownloadandinstallDriverEasy.RunDriverEasyandclicktheScanNowbutton.DriverEasywillthenscanyourcomputeranddetectanyproblemdrivers.ClickUpdateAlltoautomaticallydownloadandinstallthecorrectversionofallthedriversthataremissingoroutofdateonyoursystem.(ThisrequirestheProversion–you’llbepromptedtoupgradewhenyouclickUpdateAll.Ifyoudon’twanttopayfortheProversion,youcanstilldownloadandinstallallthedriversyouneedwiththefreeversion;youjusthavetodownloadthemoneatatime,andmanuallyinstallthem,thenormalWindowsway.) TheProversionofDriverEasycomeswithfulltechnicalsupport.Ifyouneedassistance,pleasecontactDriverEasy’ssupportteamat [email protected].  Afterupdatingyourgraphicsdriver,restartyourPCandcheckifNVIDIAControlPanelisworkingproperly. Ifthelatestdriversdon’tseemtofixtheissue,youcantrythenextmethodbelow. Fix5:Removeconflictingprograms Accordingtosomeusers,theconflictingprogramsincludebutnotarelimitedtotheOperabrowserandsomemajor3Dprograms.Youcanstartfromcheckingrecentchangestoyourcomputer,oryoucandoacleanboottofindouttheoffenders. Onyourkeyboard,pressWin+R(theWindowslogokeyandtherkey)atthesametimetoinvoketheRunbox.TypeorpastemsconfigandclickOK.Inthepop-upwindow,navigatetothe Services tabandchecktheboxnextto HideallMicrosoftservices.Uncheck alltheservicesEXCEPTthosebelongtoyourhardwaremanufacturers,suchas Realtek, AMD, NVIDIA,Logitechand Intel.Thenclick OK toapplythechanges.Onyourkeyboard,press Ctrl, Shift and Esc atthesametimetoopenTaskManager,thennavigatetothe Startup tab.Oneatatime,selectanyprogramsyoususpectmightbeinterfering,andclick Disable.RestartyourPC. Ifacleanbootfixestheissue,youcanrepeatthestepsandonlydisablehalfoftheservicesandstartupstorootouttheoffender. Iftheproblemlingerson,youcancontinuetothenextfixbelow. Fix6:RebuildfilesofNVIDIAControlPanel Theconstantcrashescanbecausedbycorruptedfiles.Ifthat’sthecase,youcanusethefollowingstepstorebuildthecriticalcomponents. Onyourkeyboard,pressWin+R(theWindowslogokeyandtheRkey)andtypeorpasteC:\ProgramData\NVIDIACorporation\Drs.ThenclickOK.Deletenvdrsdb0.binandnvdrsdb1.bin.NextrestartyourPCandcheckifNVIDIAControlPanelisworkingcorrectly. Iftheissueisstillthere,youcantakealookatthefinalfix. Fix7:Repairsystemfiles Theworstcasescenariohereisthatyoursystemiscorrupted.ButbeforeyoutakethenuclearapproachtoreinstallWindows,youcantrytorepairthesystem. RestoroisanonlinerepairtoolthatwillfixWindowsautomatically.Byreplacingonlythecorruptedfiles,Restorokeepsyourdataintactandsavesyouthetimetoreinstall. Download andinstallRestoro.OpenRestoro.ItwillrunafreescanofyourPCandgiveyouadetailedreportofyourPCstatus.Oncefinished,you’llseeareportshowingalltheissues.Tofixalltheissuesautomatically,clickSTARTREPAIR(You’llneedtopurchasethefullversion.Itcomeswitha60-dayMoney-BackGuaranteesoyoucanrefundanytimeifRestorodoesn’tfixyourproblem). HopefullythisposthelpsyoustopNVIDIAControlPanelfromcrashing.Ifyouhaveanyquestionsorideas,feelfreetoleaveacommentdownbelow. NVIDIA 1818peoplefoundthishelpful Availableinotherlanguages Deutsch NVIDIAControlPanelCrash|Deutsch[GELÖST] StürztNVIDIASystemsteuerungaufIhremPCab?KeineSorge.ErfahrenSie7effektiveLösungenindieserAnleitung. CarolXu CarolXu HelpUsImproveArticle RelatedArticles [SOLVED]GenshinImpactKeepsCrashingonPC MarcusLiang 9hoursago [SOLVED]ValorantCrashingonPC MarcusLiang 10hoursago HowtoFixValorantNotLaunchingonPC–2022Tips MarcusLiang 11hoursago [SOLVED]ResidentEvil5NotLaunchingonPC MarcusLiang 15hoursago HowtoFixAMDRadeonSoftwareNotOpening(2022) MarcusLiang 4daysago [SOLVED]ValheimKeepsCrashingonPC MarcusLiang 5daysago By MarcusLiang MarcusisatechnicalwriterforDriverEasy.Beingatechenthusiast,hehasquitearepertoireofcomputerproblemsolvingskills.Hebelieveseverycomputerproblemhasasolution,andthatsolutionshouldbeaccessibleandunderstandabletoeveryone. 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