That is what I suspected, but I thought I would ask. I am tight on space right now... but I won't take my chances this time. Thanks again.

It worked! This is great. Thank you both so much for saving hours of my time! :party:

Is there any way to find out what the process may have deleted or uninstalled? Or does it simply modify system...

I see, I will keep that in mind next time. This time I used a USB to install it... Will report back.

By the way, I remembered when this problem started. I actually deleted the original problem...

Unfortunately, I don't have a DVD or flash drive, as the laptop came with win10 installed. I do have the ESD files from my other laptop. If I copy that over and use that.... would it work? I can look...

Hello, I have quite a doozer for anyone willing to help me out... I consider myself very tech savvy but I'm out of ideas.

I am getting the classic issue of not being able to use the start button...