Has anyone else had privacy settings completely reset after upgrading to Windows?

bl1167498 · Post by **bl1167498** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 8:19 pm

Yeah, Also, did you check if your Windows account has full admin rights? Sometimes upgrades mess with that.

SlTNbz5pk · Post by **SlTNbz5pk** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 9:02 pm

Agreed. You could also run the built-in privacy troubleshooter by going to Settings > System > Troubleshoot > Other troubleshooters.

ZkCSOz · Post by **ZkCSOz** » Sun Jan 11, 2026 2:31 pm

+1 Yeah, that troubleshooter is a good start. If it doesn't work, try checking your group policy settings, as an update can sometimes reset those.

Sun Jan 11, 2026 3:24 pm

You could also run the Windows Privacy Dashboard and re-lock everything down from there. Another option is to manually re-disable each setting and restart to see if the error clears. Good luck!

ToZJQQiiFM · Post by **ToZJQQiiFM** » Sun Jan 11, 2026 7:14 pm

Yeah, that error code usually points to a permission hiccup—have you tried running the Settings app as an admin to see if that lets you back in?

rej43 · Post by **rej43** » Sun Jan 11, 2026 8:48 pm

Can confirm. I had the same problem after the last feature update. It felt like starting from scratch with all those privacy toggles. Good luck!

lFLVFROkFGk · Post by **lFLVFROkFGk** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 12:12 pm

Agreed. Yeah, that error code usually means a permission hiccup—have you tried running the privacy troubleshooter in Settings?

XyPauvZn · Post by **XyPauvZn** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 1:47 pm

+1 You could also try resetting the Windows Store cache, since that sometimes fixes those permission errors.

694gka · Post by **694gka** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 3:14 pm

Same here. You could also run the built-in privacy troubleshooter by going to Settings > System > Troubleshoot > Other troubleshooters.

QDPGHWqclytu · Post by **QDPGHWqclytu** » Sat Jan 17, 2026 3:59 am

Same here. This happened to me. After the update, I had to go through and manually turn everything off again, which was a real pain.