{"id":80200,"date":"2026-02-01T15:47:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=80200"},"modified":"2026-02-01T15:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:20:14","slug":"systemsettingsadminflows-exe-error-0xc0000017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/systemsettingsadminflows-exe-error-0xc0000017\/","title":{"rendered":"[Fix] SystemSettingsAdminFlows.exe – Application Error 0xc0000017"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may encounter the error 0xc0000017 when you access the Recovery options page in the Settings app. Here’s the full error message:<\/p>\n

SystemSettingsAdminFlows.exe - Application Error\r\n\r\nThe application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000017). Click OK to close the application.\r\n<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
\"systemsettingsadminflows.exe<\/p>\n
Cause<\/h2>\n
The error 0xc0000017 occurs if malware has blocked SystemSettingsAdminFlows.exe using the “MinimumStackCommitInBytes” registry value located under the “Image File Execution Options” key.<\/p>\n
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\SystemSettingsAdminFlows.exe]\r\n\"MinimumStackCommitInBytes\"=dword:41888887\r\n<\/pre>\n
Note that the other executables, such as DISM.exe, SFC.exe, SecurityHealthService.exe, and recoverydrive.exe, may also be blocked in the same fashion.<\/em><\/p>\n
RELATED:<\/strong> [Fix] Error 0xc0000017 when running DISM or SFC<\/a><\/div>\n
RELATED:<\/strong> SecurityHealthService “The service is not responding to the control function” error<\/a><\/div>\n
Resolution<\/h2>\n
Please create a System Restore Point<\/a> and do the following:<\/p>\n
Option 1: Unblock SystemSettingsAdminFlows.exe using Regedit<\/h3>\n
Launch Regedit.exe and go to the following branch:<\/p>\n
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\SystemSettingsAdminFlows.exe\r\n<\/pre>\n
Right-click SystemSettingsAdminFlows.exe<\/strong> and choose Delete.<\/p>\n
Exit the Registry Editor and restart Windows.<\/p>\n
\n
Option 2: REG file to unblock all blocked executables<\/h3>\n
Here’s a REG fix that bulk-unblocks executables (including SystemSettingsAdminFlows.exe) that are blocked by malware.<\/p>\n
Download ifeo_unblock_executables.reg<\/a> (zipped) and extract the REG file to the desktop.<\/p>\n
Double-click ifeo_unblock_executables.reg to run it. Click Yes<\/strong> to confirm. Restart Windows.<\/p>\n
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Contents of the REG file.<\/h4>\n
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\r\n\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\autoruns.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\autorunsc.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\bcdedit.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\dism.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\GlassWire.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\GlassWireSetup.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\MediaCreationTool22H2.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\mmc.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\mstsc.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\PowerTool.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\PowerTool64.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\ReAgentc.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\recoverydrive.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\rstrui.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\systemreset.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\SystemSettingsAdminFlows.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\tcpview.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\tcpview64.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\vssadmin.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\Wireshark.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\wuapihost.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\wuauclt.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\x32dbg.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\x64dbg.exe]\r\n[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Image File Execution Options\\xcopy.exe]\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
That’s it. This unblocks many executables that may have been blocked by malware using the “Image File Execution Options” registry key.<\/p>\n
Important:<\/strong> Please follow up by scanning with Malwarebytes Antimalware or another reputable antivirus product.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You may encounter the error 0xc0000017 when you access the Recovery options page in the Settings app. Here’s the full error message: SystemSettingsAdminFlows.exe – Application Error The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000017). Click OK to close the application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[191,963,441,492],"class_list":["post-80200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-error-messages","tag-malware","tag-registry","tag-settings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59814,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/sfc-0xc0000017-error\/","url_meta":{"origin":80200,"position":0},"title":"[Fix] Error 0xc0000017 when running DISM or SFC","author":"Ramesh","date":"July 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"When you run the System File Checker (Sfc.exe) or DISM, the error code 0xc0000017 may appear. 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