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Found a USB hardware device which, when unplugged, these symptoms went away.
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Found a USB hardware device which, when unplugged, these symptoms went away.
Just upgraded from Windows 10 (1511) to the anniversary edition.
When I try to create a new Wordpad or Notepad document, several minutes pass before the document pops up.
A pre-existing file...
I have installed the anniversary edition.
This seems to have resolved that problem; thank you.
Next time I will try the in place repair you suggested.
The icons all came back. A few...
Here are the Chkdsk results:
Checking file system on C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
So, I restarted, but didn't watch the machine. By the time I got back, it Windows was up; should I have watched Chkdsk?
I am downloading the latest Win10 to a USB and will run this tomorrow.
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Thank you for the clarification. I have scheduled a chkdsk C: /F on the next restart.
I also made a mistake in my description. The problem showed up this time upon a wake from Hibernation, not a...
Running Windows 10. version 1511.
Though this has occurred during an update; this time it was NOT associated with an update, just a restart. (correction to original post: it was not a Restart,...
Looks like someone else had a very similar problem: Windows 10 Forums they found no solution found except to roll back an update.
I have had this problem before, occurring after a windows update...
Hello,
After a restart all my icons have disappeared on the Desktop and in all of my folders.
The titles under the icons remain and are selectable to open programs.
The taskbar is also...