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Desktop App disconnected? And other issues
Hi, I've came across a weird new Windows issue since the latest update yesterday. When I first turned my PC on my desktop was completely black and my toolbar was flashing but not letting me select anything. I found a thread here on this forum that suggested rebooting in safe mode by right clicking on the restart button (since I could still lock the screen). That worked to an extent. It got me to my desk top but it was a basic set up. It then suggested a clean boot. I tried by following the instructions (Sorry I can't link to it since I'm typing this on my phone) and I hid all Microsoft apps and disabled all. Then when I went into the task menu to disable the start up apps there 1 couldn't be (avg and there was 2 identical apps and the other could be disabled). I proceeded anyway and when I restarted and as of right now when I log in I get a black desk top with that I can't change (it says the app isn't installed or can't 've found) and I can't search or view my files from the tool bar. And while the short cuts on my desk top can be selected most don't respond. I can get into my computer by the recycle bin short cut then selecting a drive. Also the list of drives is missing my C and E drives (I have a partition) but has my F (external drive). It seems like my PC can't detect apps or folders on my harddrive or something. I can manually navigate my C and E but can't search or anything. Does this ring a bell for anyone? I've tried PowerShell to scannow and that said it fixed some corrupt file but no change. Any help would be really appreciated thanks.
PS; Also if this error has a name that I'm not aware of please tell me so I can change the title to make it more convenient for others in future. Thanks
Last edited by DorianOtten; 22 Jun 2018 at 01:58. Reason: See PS at bottom