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Windows 10 Settings icon is blank or missing

Hi after anniversary update 1709. Settings icon is blank. How to fix? THX

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The settings Icon is there (I can see it) and you have settings running. So it is working.

If want Control Panel, put it on your Desktop and then pin it where you want.

Settings, Personalization, Themes, and click on Desktop Icons link. Add Control Panel and anything else you want to the desktop. Then pin where you wish.
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Hello There

Run this in CMD:
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
sfc /scannow
Do you look?  Settings are already shown.
Settings icon is there but with blank icon.

Before taking any action, restart your computer.
The settings Icon appears to be blank on the askers screen shot.

Maybe the icon cache is corrupt:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5645-rebuild-icon-cache-windows-10-a.html
It looks identical to my Settings Icon.
The settings icon is a white gear wheel.
Run this:
ie4uinit.exe -show
 taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
 DEL /A /Q "%localappdata%\IconCache.db"
 DEL /A /F /Q "%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache*"
 shutdown /r /f /t 00
@Hello There, the commands are exactly the ones provided by the link i've posted above
Sorry, I didn't check the link...
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after an update, i often saw problems - they were cured by rebooting the pc a couple of time in most cases
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