Windows 10: Apps inconsistently crashing. What are my options?

Video here: https://vimeo.com/581571935As you can see in the video, opening the Microsoft store and clicking on a game will crash it. Playing "Age of Empires II DE" on steam crashes it. Opening a mp4/mkv file crashes it. A couple days ago it was completely fixed and everything was working fine after it being broken for about four weeks or so, not too sure, only noticed it four weeks ago. But now today it's broken again and crashes a lot of programs. But, things like chrome, leauge of legends, photoshop, and even Age of Empires II HD not DE and more work just fine. Somethings I've tried alre

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all games crash!

I suggest you run rthdribl > http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/archives/rthdribl_1_2.zip
Increase the window size step by step and watch your vga temps permanently.
What happens?
If it crashes, run at stock speeds as suggested before and retry.

P.S.: When your system locks, does the display signal turn off after a time?
Stuttering sound or no sound at all when freezing?
What X1800XT model do you own exactly?

 

No option to pin apps to taskbar or uninstall apps

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

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  Open an Administrator CMD window. If you can’t find a way, use these steps:
  
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    Press CTRL+Shift+ESC to open Task Manager.
    
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    Click File > Run New Task
    
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    Make sure you have a check mark beside “Create this task with administrative privileges”
    
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    Type CMD
    
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  Type the following commands at the CMD prompt:
  
  dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
  
  sfc /scannnow
  

Then try to check if you find the option by right clicking on any app.

Let us know the status of the issue.

 

all games crash!

ive watch my temps and both the cpu and gpu are within normal ranges. when it freezes it simply freezes the image and stops the sound. i must reboot to get back to windows.