Hi Dennis - Many thanks for this. I would not have been able to work it out for myself.
A couple of points, if you don't mind.
When I hovered over the Start button in Safe Mode I got nothing. ...

Hi! Whenever I try to do something on my laptop I get the UAC pop up Access is Denied. It appears that I am no longer an Admin on my own laptop. I have tried several methods of changing my account...