AMD Radeon Settings Won't Open

AMD Radeon Settings is a tool to manage all the options of your graphics card and allows you to adjust its performance manually. However, several people noticed that the show just doesn't launch after a while. The problem usually appears after users have updated their graphics card drivers.

After upgrade, the tool just won't start. The window would appear briefly and the service would appear in Task Manager, but it goes away after a while. We have prepared various methods that have helped people to solve the problem, so follow below and hope to solve the problem.

What is preventing AMD Radeon settings from opening?

Next, a list of the most common causes of this specific problem is included. This can help you figure out which method you should use to fix it too:

• Bad graphics card drivers are the main cause and some people solve the problem by updating or downgrading the driver.

• A new version of the operating system may be available and should be updated immediately.

• AMD Radeon Settings version and installed driver version may not match. You can fix it using Registry Editor.

Solution 1: install an older version of the driver

Since Windows 10 sometimes automatically updates some of its drivers when a new version of the operating system is installed, users reported that the latest graphics card driver was the culprit and suggested that restoring an older version actually loses them. helped solve the problem. Since the problem is usually resolved in the next update, this may be a good temporary way to make it work.

1. Click the start menu button, type »Device Manager» and select it from the list of available results simply by clicking on the first. You can also press the Windows key combination + R to open the Run dialog. Enter »devmgmt. msc »in the dialog box and click OK to run it.

Execution Device Manager

1. Since it is the video card driver you want to update on your computer, expand the Display adapters section, right click on your graphics card and choose Uninstall Device

Uninstalling the display adapter

1. Confirm the dialog boxes or prompts that ask you to confirm the uninstallation of the current graphics device driver and wait for the process to complete.

2. Find your graphics card driver from NVIDIA or AMD. Enter the necessary information about the card and your operating system and click Search.

Find drivers on the NVIDIA website

1. A list of all available drivers should appear. Make sure to scroll down to the required entry, click on your name and then on the Download button. Save it to your computer, open it and Follow the instructions on the screen to install it. Check if your AMD Radeon setup works now!!

Solution 2: change a registry key

This method will be very useful if the problem is caused by the AMD Radeon configuration version and the driver version not matching. The method is to modify a registry entry to match the two version numbers. Follow the steps below carefully!!

1. Since you are deleting a registry key, We recommend that you back up the registry to avoid other problems. Even so, nothing bad will happen if you follow the steps carefully and correctly. Running Registry Editor

2. Open the Registry Editor window by typing “regedit” in the search bar, from the Start menu or the Run dialog box, which can be accessed with the key combination Tecla de Windows + R . Navigate to the next key in your registry by navigating the left panel:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINENSOFTWARENAMD[N]

1. Click this key and try to locate an entry called DriverVersion. Right click on it and choose the Modify option from the context menu.

2. In the Edit window, in the Value data section, change the value to 0 and apply the changes you have made. Confirm the security dialogs that may appear during this process.

Correctly modify the DriverVersion entry

1. You will have to kill all DMA related processes using Task Manager. Use the key combination Ctrl + Shift + Esc pressing the keys at the same time to open the Task Manager utility.

2. Alternatively, you can use the key combination Ctrl + Alt + Supr and select Task Manager on the pop-up blue screen that will appear with various options. You can also search for it in the Start menu.

Open Task Manager using Ctrl + Alt + Supr

1. Click More details in the lower left of the window to expand Task Manager and search for any DMA-related processes, as its main executable and others. They should be located just below Background processes. Select them one by one and choose the End Task option at the bottom right of the window.

Completing AMD-related tasks in Task Manager

1. Re-launch the AMD Radeon setup and check if the problem persists!!

Solution 3: install the latest updates for your operating system

Since most programs already assume that you have the latest version of your operating system running, you should definitely check this solution to make sure Windows is not the culprit for this problem. This method was accepted by many users!!

1. Open the PowerShell utility by right-clicking the Start menu button and clicking the Windows PowerShell option (Administrator) in the context menu.

Open Windows Powershell with administrator privileges

1. If you see command prompt instead of PowerShell there, you can also search for it in the start menu or in the search bar next to it. This time, make sure to right click on the first result and choose Run as administrator.

2. In the Powershell console, scribe “cmd” and be patient for Powershell to switch to the window in the form of cmd, which may seem more natural to the command prompt.

3. On the console “cmd”, type the command shown below and make sure to click Enter after:

wuauclt.exe /updatenow

1. Let this command do its work for at least an hour and check if updates have been found and installed without problems. This method can be applied to all Windows operating systems, including Windows 10.

Solution 4: uninstall the built-in graphics card

It was reported that uninstalling the integrated graphics card driver (usually from Intel) solved the problem for many users, So be sure to check below!

1. Scribe “Device administrator” in the search field next to the start menu button to open the device manager window. You can also use the key combination Windows + R to open the Run dialog. Enter devmgmgt. msc in the box and click OK or Enter.

Execution Device Manager

1. Expand the section »Display adapters«. This will show all the similar installed devices that your machine currently has. If you can't find it, click View in the top menu and check the box next to Show hidden devices.

2. Right click on the integrated graphics card (no AMD) and choose the Uninstall device option from the context menu.

Uninstalling the display adapter

1. Confirm dialog messages, close Device Manager and reopen AMD Radeon Settings. Check if it starts successfully now!