Settings Shortcuts Do Not Open on Win 11

[bporl]

Describe the bug

When I go to launch any of the Windows Settings Shortcuts, almost none of them open.

For instance, when clicking on "Accessibility audio settings" and "Settings" - nothing happens (menu just disappears as though it's launched.

Only a small handful in the Settings category launch (such as "View network connections" - only the ones with colored icons launch, all of them with the monochrome icons do not. Exploring the "Open-Shell Modern Settings" folder shows me all of those same shortcuts and it's the same behavior there, only the colored icons launch everything else goes nowhere.

I've verified that "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\windows.immersivecontrolpanel_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Indexed\Settings" is indexed - AND if I go to that folder and click on any items, they DO SUCCESSFULLY launch from there clicking on them.

when I look at the log, here's what it shows:

8513: Activate Item, ptr=000000004497A0A0, index=41, type=4
8555: Invoke command, ptr=000000004497A0A0, command=''
8556: Invoke command, ptr=000000004497A0A0, res=-2147024809

Seems like the command = '' may be the issue. Click on successful ones list this log line as 5875: Invoke command, ptr=000000004D9CD8C0, command='open'... whereas, any of the unsuccessful ones show command=''.

As a side note, I temporarily installed StartAllBack (which worked fine for these settings shortcuts - also the build-in Windows 11 start menu works fine with them as well. It's only Open Shell that's having the issue. I've uninstalled/reinstalled, cleared registry values manually, etc. yet nothing seems to solve this issue. I've also tried installing older versions and have had the same results.

Any insights/fix info would be great appreciated as I've spent hours trying to figure this out without success.

Screenshot shows several examples of links - none of which will open properly.

Area of issue

Start menu

To reproduce

Start -> Type in any system setting shortcut such as "Accessibility audio settings" or "Wi-Fi Settings" or whatever -> Click on that menu item. Menu disappears but nothing happens.

Expected behavior

Launch the system settings shortcut as it should.

Open-Shell version

4.4.194

Windows version

Windows 11

Additional context

No response

[ge0rdi]

Good catch.

I think it is related to #2033. There was change in XML that describes settings since Win11 24H2.
I thought just the location (file name) changed, but now I see there are differences in XML structure.

Working on a fix.

[ge0rdi]

@bporl
You can test with build from PR #2091.
It seems to be working for me.

[bporl]

I just downloaded and tested, works PERFECTLY! I'm wildly impressed how quickly you were able to identify and resolve this issue. Seriously, amazing job on this and very much appreciated!

[bporl]

Will close this issue - along with a gigantic thank you to @ge0rdi for his excellent work in resolving it so quickly.

[ge0rdi]

Fixed in 4.4.195.