Just an update. The in-place repair upgrade fixed it. Thank you!

I don't think so? It's been months since I've opened Linux and Bliss.

Do you think deleting stuff on %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp could have caused this? I regularly do that because hundreds...

That is correct.



I have 3 OS's currently installed. Windows 10, Linux, and Bliss OS (Android-based OS). Other than Startup Settings not working, Windows boots up quickly and normally. I'm...

I can boot up to it. It's just that Startup Settings doesn't show up after the restart. The command prompt option works. I tried Startup Repair but it says it couldn't repair my pc.

This is the...

I tried going into it via Settings -> Recovery -> Advanced start-up -> Troubleshoot -> Advanced options -> Start-up Settings and restart+shift but Windows just boots up to the login screen. sfc...

I'm actually planning to delete the C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\ folder so it can do the whole thing from the beginning. And since I can't delete it even with admin permissions, I'm planning to take ownership of...

I actually turned off my computer right after I posted that comment lol. Nothing bad happened luckily.

I tried to cancel the in-place upgrade because a driver caused the whole thing to be stuck. It let me cancel the process but it got stuck again. It's just showing a loading screen that says "Please...

It just bothers me because it was so instant before, but now there's this 10 second of black screen that greets me whenever I turn on my laptop.

But yes I agree, I'm thinking too much about it...

I think I found something useful. I was playing around with Windows Performance Analyzer and I found that Windows has been generating a log for Windows Update whenever I sign in to any profile.
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No, I don't think so. My issue is Windows loading everything as soon as I turn on my computer.

I have a lot of apps that are set to start on login and some of them are too heavy for my old cpu. From my testing, Windows seems to start loading them as soon as I turn on my computer. This results...

I'm currently using 7+ Taskbar Tweaker to resize the taskbar beyond the minimum size that Windows allows. I enable the small taskbar icons then decrease the width of the taskbar further then disable...

This is the sequence of things when I turn on my laptop


Manufacturer's logo - about 5 seconds
Black screen - 10-15 seconds
Login screen


I have an SSD so the whole boot up process is...

I think this started happening after I uninstalled a 3rd-party start menu app called StartIsBack, though I'm not sure if there's actually a connection. As you can see in the linked video, it lags or...

The in-place repair didn't work so I just did a Refresh instead.

I guess I have to do some that update injection thing on the wim file to be able to do the in-place repair?

And I'll keep the disk imaging thing in mind. Thanks.

What should I do? Should I just do a Refresh? I feel like that's too much just to fix this issue.

I'm on build 19043.1083. Will the Media Creation Tool give me that exact version or are there other things I have to do?

Files can be opened without problems. It's opening paths that I'm having problem with.

Opening file location of an lnk file

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Opening containing folder of a downloaded item from firefox...

I believe this started happening when a program I installed modified some entries in the Registry. I tried System Restore but I got an error that has something to do with the WindowsApps folder, but...

That's still a sucky workaround but thank you!

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I've found a "solution". Using 1.5.0.0 Beta 2, which is from 2011 by the way, Control Panel opens on a new separate window. It...

Control Panel just opens in a new window when using Open Shell?

From the Start Menu. Launching it from QT's Group also closes all other tabs and reopens Control Panel in a new window.

Actually, I found someone with the same problem on this thread. QTTabBar Updates. I'm gonna try the solution they came up with.

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I tried the solution from the link I...