Explorer.exe Class not registered and other issues after CreatorUpdate

Hi, I'm afraid this isn't going to help you, but may help others reading this who are considering the upgrade.

Before you upgrade, create a disk image ('Backup windows') using e.g. Macrium Reflect (free), with your image on external storage, and create Macrium's boot disk. (We continually and strongly recommend disk imaging).

With that disk image and boot disk, you can restore your PC to the state it was in before the (failed) upgrade without technical help.

vitagox said:

however my keyboard nor mouse are present and none of their inputs are registered. I have tried three or four different usb ports for both the mouse and the keyboard with no luck.

Run CMD as admin and copy/paste:

Code:

schtasks /Change /TN "Microsoft\Windows\TextServicesFramework\MsCtfMonitor" /Enable
schtasks /Run /TN "Microsoft\Windows\TextServicesFramework\MsCtfMonitor"

How To Fix Error in Windows 10
may offer a thought or so on class not registered...

and prompts the thought... does it matter if Edge isn't your default when you upgrade?

Hope you didn't lose too much.

Now you have a clean functional system, this is when to start using disk imaging routinely to give you a second chance when things go wrong, and avoid clean installing.

Here's my write-up on the value of disk imaging.

Creating disk images lets you restore Windows and all your imaged disks and partitions to a previous working state from compressed copies you have created and kept updated on external storage media, quickly and probably without technical help.

You can recover from:
- a failed disk drive (restore to a new one)
- ransomware (which encrypts your disk)
- user error
- unrecoverable problems from failed updates to problem programs
- unbootable PC (hardware faults aside)

Images also act as a full backup- you can extract files too.

You can even use images to help you move more easily and quickly to a new PC.
Can be used with Laplink software to transfer your build automatically to another PC

Imaging can even help you sleep at night knowing you have a second chance.

Many here recommend Macrium Reflect (free) as a good robust solution and more reliable than some others. It’s
- more feature rich
- more flexible
- more reliable
than Windows Backup and Restore system images.

It's well supported with videos, help and a responsive forum.

There are other such programs, free/commercial, some with simpler interfaces, but Macrium R is one of the most robust and reliable.

How long does it take?
SSD+ USB3 - maybe 15 mins for the first system image, less thereafter
HDD + USB2 - maybe 40-50 mins
That’s with little personal data, few programs installed.
- of course, depends how much you have on C:
(You can and should image all your partitions and disks)

Once you've created your first image, keep it updated with e.g. differential imaging- which images just changes from the first image, more quickly, and creates a smaller image file.

You need a backup medium - say- twice as large as the total amount of data you are imaging to keep a reasonable number of differential images. This will vary dependent on the number of images you keep, so is only a rough practical guide.

Some comment that system restore isn't always reliable; if it works and solves the problem, great. But sometimes restores won't work or fail. And of course a restore point only covers a limited number of aspects of the system. That’s where disk imaging comes in.

(There's a tutorial on Macrium in the Tutorials section, and a couple of videos in the user videos section on this forum)
Backup and Restore with Macrium Reflect - Windows 10 Backup Restore Tutorials
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