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Desktop flashing icons loop problem.
I've been away for a couple weeks and started up my desktop with Win 10 Pro 64 a couple days ago. No problems until yesterday afternoon when it rebooted by itself as it sometimes does when left idling. I figure it's auto updating since we can't choose when we can't choose "Download but let me choose when to install" option from Win 7. What it's doing now after a reboot or startup after shutdown is it will logon normally and get the the desktop. Once at the desktop, my icons show but after about 15 seconds they all flash off then again. None will run either by double clicking and r-clicking doesn't show the pull-down, although it may be in the process of running the command, they all flash and the attempt is lost. L-clicking the Start button will list the Start Menu but only Power and Apps provide their pull-downs. The apps in Apps or the Start Menu won't run. The Power menu options do function. R-clicking the Start button does nothing.
I thought to run SFC from the Elevated Command Prompt but I can't open it from the Start Menu or the desktop icon. Also reverting to a System Restore point prior to when this started my work. Is there a way to open these in Safe Mode and if so how? Any other suggestions for a simple fix? Does anyone know what's going on with this issue ?
Thank you.