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[20H2 19042.906] dfrgui.exe doesn't launch, unresponsive
After 19FEB2021 (the last Defrag event in the log), I found that the Defragment and Optimize Drives program no longer launches/functions on my machine. I also had been trying to open the "dfrgui.exe" within the System32 folder still to have it not open, nor create and processes within the Task Manager. Each time I try to open it, the cursor changes to the loading circle for only half a second before changing to the normal cursor again.
I have ran the System File Checker, DISM, and CHKDSK, to no avail. I even tried taking ownership of, and deleting/renaming any system files that had to do with Defrag and had SFC restore them multiple times, which was a success but the dfrgui.exe continued to be unresponsive.
Today I ran Defrag.exe from the Administrative Command Processor only to find that even Defrag.exe does nothing when the command is ran on any drive connected to the PC.
Even with the "/V" verbose command, nothing is done, no new Defrag events created in the Event Log, no disk activity, nothing at all.
Could there be something I am missing? I have tried everything I can think of, along with running extensive anti-malware, anti-virus, and anti-rootkit scans, all of which came back clean. My SSD and HDD are both in good health according to the S.M.A.R.T. data and performance ratings.
System Info:
Windows 10 Pro version 20H2 build 19042.906 64bit
1TB SAMSUNG NVMe M.2 SSD
1TB SeaGate Barracuda 7200rpm SATA HDD