Windows 10: Disappearing trick !!!!!

Hi Folks

To Brink I would say that no particular action or event comes to mind - other than the tweak I did to overcome the double entry quirk.
The failings seem to meander into the equation - for example late yesterday I found that regedit now stops responding after a minute or so's use! This in addition to Edge appearing and disappearing + the search facility no longer working at all (wont load).

To Dusty - I will look at the driver issue, but things such as AV and MBAM etc have all been done.
Your note about defrag is also taken care of - I use perfect Disk.

I so want to use Windows 10 - but these recurring annoyances suggest to me that perhaps I should go back to Win7 (old faithful) and try Win 10 when it is more 'settled' perhaps.
Meanwhile keep the ideas coming - your thoughts are appreciated.

As a point of interest, I have an old slow laptop running win 10 (32 bit) and have not experienced the problems encountered on my new 64 bit system machine.

PS
Have just found that I cannot add an additional user in uac - the details folder comes up as a greyed out small box and then promptly vanishes

 

Right - 16-30 on the 26-12-15
Going for one last Clean install - this time I will not do the 'duplicated entry tweak' as the last two times.
I will leave Defender as my AV - set up email etc, and add Office 2007. Will also install Chrome. Will see if this survives beyond 24 hours!!

Wish me luck!

 

I recommend against using perfect disk.. Windows is suited to optimizing itself. Or at least testing to see if it works without it at first. Just my opinion

 

Interesting recommendation re Perfect Disk - I will hold off for the present.
Are there any other programs that experienced users would recommend Not to install (EG CCleaner)

 

Here is the latest!

All went well at first. I added carefully some basic requirements, and all was functioning.
I cannot be positive on this BUT I noticed I had again lost search and edge after I had done a backup (Microsoft)

The search for an answer continues.

 

I give up (for the moment) - I like W10 so will keep it for the present.

I can live without Edge, but it would be good to find a good third party search app. Any tried and trusted recommendations chaps?
In addition to my reported problems, I notice that regedit only works for a short period, and then stops!

There has got to be a common denominator in all this - I suspect a microsoft update?

 

Do make sure you are updated. The fastest browser trends to be chrome, so that is what I'd use.

 

All is updated, and yes I have established Chrome as my default browser.
So a suitable search app is the next stage

Thanks

 

Solved Reinstalling Microsoft Edge - Windows 10 Forums

 

Thanks Slugger - but I cant even navigate through to the edge folder - get to C:\Users, and then none of the items in the list are shown.

 

I have found that you can create a win dvd with the iso, let it reinstall/upgrade the current installation and it not affect any of the programs I installed or folders. ........vs.......Reset will remove installed programs and leave my folders I created.

 

Either do a repair install or image your drive (Macrium reflect free) and reset this PC. Then copy your data back over, install apps, etc.

 

Hi Guys
may have some good news at last - keeping my fingers crossed (in fact everything crossed) and will do an update in a couple of days.
Dare I say it 'looks good' at the moment?

Thanks for your input

 

It seems that all is running as it should.
Edge and Cortana/search has returned + several other quirks have resolved themselves, so very happy.

Briefly, when I did the W7 - W10 upgrade on my main computer - it was a disaster, so I promptly went back to W7.

This thread relates to my HP Laptop - so I decided that to avoid previous issues (hopefully) I would go for a clean install - which I tried for three occasions only to run into difficulties as shown in thread.

In the end, I did an upgrade transferring my files etc etc. This time it made all the difference and everything functioned as it should. I am well pleased and now getting to grips with the W10 system and finding out where everything is hid. Why this should be I have no answers.

I have a further issue that I will post about separately.
Thanks for your comments, help and suggestions everyone.
Happy new year!

PS - this time I did not install CCleaner.

 

Hmm I wonder if you drive the same type of car as me, Skofab...?

Anyway I just thought I'd mention that I have seen the 'Edge starts up then disappears' issue too. Same with the Settings app, which is unhelpful at times.

It used to be worse on the preview versions of Windows 10 but I still see it very occasionally, usually at times when the computer is 'busy' (for instance just after booting up). This is running on a fairly old computer (but 32 bit). I wondered if it was some sort of timeout.