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Windows 10 acting weird, no sound and cannot open start menu
Hi,
So yesterday I suddenly started experiencing a series of problems with my laptop. Everything was fun until I tried to open a folder (which I use a lot) and I got an error message saying
I tried clicking on the folder multiple times and kept getting that message. After that I tried restarting, as I thought it was a simple glitch, but after I restarted I got the message again, plus other problems:"Location is not available": "Folder is not accessible. The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable."
1. The start menu would not open. I click on the button and nothing happens, even if I use the windows button on my keyboard.
2. Sound was gone. "No Audio Output Device is installed." Inserting headphones does nothing. When I click on the sound icon in the task bar I get a troubleshooting window, which gives me an error: "Scripted Diagnostics Native Host has stopped working."
3. Cortana doesn't work either. The box opens but when I type nothing happens.
4. I keep getting the hourglass cursor for no reason.
Does anyone know what is going on? This laptop isn't even a month old, and I haven't installed any updates in the past week or anything.
Also I cannot do a system restore because I haven't set it up yet.
Any ideas?