Windows 10: all video converters no longer work

After a series of updates, one of which must have been at issue, ALL of my conversion software applications now fail to /convert/ any files. The programs load properly but that is followed by various issues depending on the app.
Tipard will load, load video files, and start to convert... but immediately fail upon starting the conversion process.
Handbrake will load, but locks up on loading a file, any file, regardless of length, at the 20% mark.
MakeMKV won't load at all.
VLC randomly crashes, or refuses to play videos, music, or anything, after an undetermined amount of time.
My FTP software no longer loads its settings files and scripts.

And an annoyance, all of a sudden all my icons have little green check marks on them.

Windows 10 Professional x64
Version 1511
Build 10586.63
AMD FX 9590 X8 4.7
32 GB ram

Tipard Blu-Ray Converter Version 7.3.30. No message just an icon notice. See photo

handbrake 0.10.3.0 x64: Preset Export Failed. Unable to load in Presets. Please restart HandBrake No additional exception information available : upon startup.
Added files freeze program at 20% mark


MakeMKV (no idea what version, won't load at all)

Paint won't save any files anymore. See same photo

:)

 

N95 8GB all my MP4's stop working after 35 mins!?

You are using Nokia Video Manager or other Nokia supplied tool.

There's a known issue that videos longer than 35 minutes are not converted correctly with these Nokia tools.

Use other encoder to convert the videos.

Visit my blog for some tips.

Video Tips

 

Video converters

For the built-in media player, you need to convert to MP4. You can do this with Nokia's PC Suite, but I prefer to use WinAVI which I bought some time ago, it has never let me down.

You may also consider buying Core Player, which is a good mobile media player for phones - this would allow you to play a wider variety of formats, including AVI so you wouldn't have to convert your current files at all.

 

Hi.
Can you try going into Control Panel>Programs and Features, find that one and click on it, select CHANGE and then select REPAIR?

Edit: The green check marks could be from Norton, Carbonite, or OneDrive.

 

Follow up. I reinstalled Windows FROM SCRATCH on a new bare never used drive.
Aside from antivirus software the first and ONLY thing I installed was TBC. My video converter

Worked fine. Updated Windows updates, deferred and selectively as much as Microsoft would let me break them down; one by one.

Something in the range of 01 January - 21 January broke your software and many other applications on my system.

These update include
"Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool" kb890830


"Windows Visual C++ Update 4" KB3119142

This update is known to fail on MANY user's computers. Including mine. Leaving C++ partially broken


"Silverlight update" KB3126036


"Cumulative Update 1511" KB3124263



All of these were found, available, and installed at the same time. I could NOT separate them. I am unable to roll back kb3119142, kb3124263, and kb890830.
The problem persists after removing the silverlight update.


The issue is one or all of those three updates. kb3119142, kb3124263, and kb890830.
After these three updates install, I can no longer install MANY applications, I receive generic can't execute, can't install, or error running notices. Or no notice at all, simply no execution. The little mouse spinner pops up, then disappears. And nothing happens.



Hope this helps!

 

That's a very good evaluation. I would suggest that you open the Feedback app and post it there for Microsoft. They need to be made aware of this problem.

Regarding this one:

If you go to Control Panel>Programs and Features, find 2012 C++ and highlight it, click CHANGE, and select REPAIR, this has solved that problem for many people. I really think this will help, as it needs to be repaired for you to install other apps.

 

Definitely not c++ though thats a problem on its own. Must be the msrt or the rollup. Guess The Next step is to break up the rollup and go one by one till I find it.
C++
The c++ issue is fixed by updating via windows update on a non-elevated admin account and then click on the elevated requirement notice to install.
It won't install on an account with the uac base level at 0 or 1

 

0/1 in reference to the registry setting for uac. Sorry

 

Problem found. The msrt removed, or allowed the removal, I'm not yet sure which/when, the 'virtual' video device driver. Other installation issues were c++ afterall.
Manually breaking the installer for tbc and (re)installing the driver fixed the issue.

 

Glad you got it sorted. Thanks for following up here, to help others.