this works too

2 pages not posts.
clean install recommended, then install ESET, then in settings switch to pre-release server, update, reboot and do system startup scan. that's all.

Read the last 2 pages in the forum

i agree but we all know windows and AV solutions are c**p

Yes they have a solution but it seems you still need to reinstall windows and then switch to pre-release in ESET update server. I'll wait for for a stable build.

This is the 3rd day since i reinstalled Win10 with NO ESET.... still no issue, the icons are ok and the system is fully updated. So stay off ESET for a while.

Yeah! Saved my day hundreds of times!
So back to the problem in hand... For the time being the solution is: reinstall windows (MACRIUM or fresh install) and stay off ESET for a while. Worked for me...

I know... but i like staring at the screen and watch all those wonderful windows messages :D
I remember of a tool norton had... Ghost. Used it a lot with win 98 in a internet caffe.

I've been reading this forum for the last several days...
I've reinstalled windows 10 about 3 times, last one yesterday. But this time NO ESET 8 or 9. Now i'm using AVIRA AV PRO (for test purposes...