Windows 10: I think a Windows 10 update killed my computer - stuck with no icons, unusable taskbar and...

My Windows 10 system restarted and opened to an unusable taskbar, no icons, and a mouse cursor.


I am trying to avoid re-installing everything as that is a ton of work.


I have tried going back to other restore points - they fail.


I have tried repairing start up problems - does nothing.


I have done the sfc /scannnow in safe mode and chkdsk /r - goes through the process but still leaves me with the same symptoms. sfc corrected some files apparently but chkdsk finds no errors.


I am at a loss and super upset. Resetting means I have to re-install all of my programs and I really want to avoid that.


Argh. Any suggestions?

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NIGHTMARE icon in windows taskbar

Ok ... this is really an annoying thingy in Windows Vista that till today. My top wish list is to solve this !!! *Bang Head :banghead:*Bang Head :banghead:*Bang Head :banghead:*Bang Head :banghead:*Bang Head :banghead:

See attached pic ... for eg. open My Computer ... icon is of course as shown - the My Computer default Vista icon ... after you browse? *swoosh* kind of black magic ... it changes to that icon with the green arrow ... browsing back to My Computer it remains like that ... with the green arrow!!!

This happens to any and all folders ! ... When you load it ... it comes up with the default folder ... after exporing through folder it changes ... and remains like that.

For info : have tried a fresh installation of Vista to make sure that no bug got in. So must be some DAMN Vista settings

Thanks mates ... hope you enjoy this puzzle !

 

System Icons on taskbar

Hi,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Communities.

Are you referring to the clock system icon on the taskbar?

If so, I suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below:

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  Click on the search bar on the taskbar.
  
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  Type system icons.
  
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  Under Turn System Icons ON or OFF, turn On the Clock and check with the issue.
  

Hope it helps.

 

Feature suggestion: Add Windows 7 Taskbar icon GPU freq./temperature/RAM used meter

Please add an option (which will also require an Options/Settings screen however, or else the main menu will be too cluttered) to have the GPU freq., temperature, videoRAM used and/or maybe GPU load shown in the program taskbar icon on Windows 7.
It could have two options - cycle between modes (for example about each 10 seconds), or always show the same value - for example, GPU temp or load/etc.
See how Core Temp does this for an example. (WinZIP also shows such a meter when decompressing archives.)

What do you think, could this be useful?

C++ examples here:
Windows 7 Taskbar Dynamic Overlay Icons and Progress Bars
http://blogs.windows.com/windows/ar...-dynamic-overlay-icons-and-progress-bars.aspx
Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Taskbar Progress and Status Indicators
Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Taskbar Progress and Status Indicators