


Use an app like CPUZ to find the graphics card model number and other details if you don’t already know. Alternatively, you can also visit NVIDIA’s site to download and install the latest drivers directly. You can update or uninstall the drivers and reinstall them again to see if that helps.

Note that if you have NVIDIA Control Panel installed, uninstall it using Revo Uninstaller and then reinstall it from Microsoft Store. Now, download and stick with the Microsoft Store version and install them if they are missing on your computer completely. I suggest you go through both the links I shared above for more details. Microsoft released DCH Drivers, which have been causing some confusion for the past few months. You can download it from the Microsoft Store. Get It From Microsoft Storeĭo you even have NVIDIA Control Center installed on your computer? Many users found out the hard way the software was never shipped with their Windows 10 installation. You can still install and launch it directly from the Microsoft Store. If you can’t see it either, read the next point. I can’t see the above file because I installed NVIDIA Control Panel from the Microsoft Store.

The folder above contains all context menu shortcuts, including NVIDIA Control Panel now. You have just created a new right-click context menu shortcut for desktop. Step 5: Select the Shortcut tab, click on the Advanced button and check Run as administrator option. Step 4: You will paste the copied file shortcut here, right-click on it, and select Properties. It will open the below folder: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Step 3: Press Windows key+R to open Run prompt and type shell:startup before hitting Enter. Step 2: Right-click on file and select Copy. C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Display.NvContainer Step 1: Open the File Explorer and navigate to the below folder structure. Here is a quick fix until you find the real issue. Step 2: Change the View by setting from Category to Large icons.Ĭan you find NVIDIA Control Panel listed here? If yes, open it, and under the Desktop tab, select ‘Add Desktop Context Menu’.Ĭheck again, and you should view the NVIDIA Control Panel option in the right-click context menu pop-up. Step 1: Search for and open the Control Panel. Overclocking is dangerous, especially if you don’t know what you are doing. I recommend you to change settings back to normal and reboot before checking again. Overclocking the GPU often results in problems like these. Thankfully, I rebooted my computer before opening up the back panel again, and there it was. I realized it when I opened up the laptop to apply the thermal paste and launched ThrottleStop to check the temperatures. The graphics card was missing and by extension, the NVIDIA Control Panel was missing too.
