Known issue: If certain categories (such as System) have every page hidden, the Settings app may crash when trying to open those categories.

[DrewNaylor]

This has been tested on Windows 10 builds 15063 and 16193 and the Settings app crashed when all the pages were set to "hide" and I tried to open the System category. I also tried rebooting but that didn't make a difference.

[DrewNaylor]

Actually, some categories crash if all their pages are set to hide such as "Apps & Features." Some others have issues with this.

[DrewNaylor]

This doesn't seem to have a relation to HideSettingsPages, so this issue is getting a wontfix. Example of problematic string:

hide:appsfeatures;appsforwebsites;defaultapps;maps;videoplayback

This string causes the Apps category to crash on Windows 10 build 16257.