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

8PKbHj414fj0 · Post by **8PKbHj414fj0** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 4:14 pm

Yeah, Did you run the troubleshooter as admin? That sometimes fixes the permission error.

QRuokkrSNL · Post by **QRuokkrSNL** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 9:40 pm

I had the same problem after the update. My location settings and app permissions all got wiped and reset to defaults.

zQKtXCbkc · Post by **zQKtXCbkc** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 10:57 pm

Yeah, that's a common glitch. A quick tip: run the Windows Privacy Troubleshooter from Settings to automatically fix a lot of those permission resets. Good luck!

XKvmkLXeAFkV · Post by **XKvmkLXeAFkV** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 12:23 am

If that troubleshooter doesn't clear the error code, try running it as an administrator.

iZfY3nuRFtHa · Post by **iZfY3nuRFtHa** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 12:43 am

Yeah, that admin trick is a good next step—if that doesn't work, you might also check if your user account permissions got changed after the update. Good luck!

mJSyoreYbi · Post by **mJSyoreYbi** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 7:36 pm

This. Agreed, and one more thing—running the built-in privacy troubleshooter from Settings > System > Troubleshoot can sometimes fix those permission errors automatically.

0414kw · Post by **0414kw** » Wed Feb 04, 2026 11:42 pm

Yeah, and a quick restart after running that troubleshooter often helps too. Let me know if that works.