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

dqiz744847 · Post by **dqiz744847** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 6:16 pm

Agreed. It's a pretty common post-upgrade headache. One extra thing: running the built-in privacy troubleshooter sometimes helps clear those permission errors.

061xumkgzj · Post by **061xumkgzj** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 11:23 pm

Same here. This happened to me after the 23H2 update. I had to go through and manually turn everything off again, which was a real pain.

F801a6qHY1f · Post by **F801a6qHY1f** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 11:39 pm

Can confirm. Yeah, that's a common headache after major updates. A quick tip: run the privacy troubleshooter (Settings > System > Troubleshoot) after you've reset everything—it can sometimes clear up those permission errors. Let me know if that works.