In both situations, a driver reinstall will solve your problem. If Nvidia Control Panel doesn’t open it means that either a conflict is preventing it from opening or you have an issue with your drivers. Deleting them only addresses the symptoms and not the cause. If you have to delete configuration files to get Nvidia Control Panel to work, that means something happened to corrupt them.

Completely stopping Nvidia Control Panel and restarting it using Administrator privileges is just replicating what happens when it first opens with Windows. Nvidia Control Panel starts in privileged mode with Windows and when you open it, you’re just accessing the panel. While you can start with those, they’re a waste of time. Some sites start by suggesting that you run Nvidia Control Panel as an administrator or deleting configuration files.

If that doesn’t work, you may need to reset Windows.

You can also go directly to Nvidia’s website to reinstall your drivers.

Your best bet is to use GeForce Experience to reinstall your drivers.If Nvidia Control Panel keeps closing on you, it’s likely a driver issue or software conflict.

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