Windows 10: many program "not responding" errors since 2004 update Windows 10

I didn't apply the May 2020 update (version 2004) until yesterday, and have had a LOT of programs "not responding" and a few "restartings" that took many minutes. This morning all was well, and then I tried to open EDGE, and I got the turning circle. After that, I couldn't do much. I was allowed to open some folders, but not start any software (i.e. nothing happened when I clicked on them) and all the while, I was getting the spinning circle in the Edge window. After I finally forced a reboot, things worked OK for several hours. I just tried to open Edge again, and had to reboot again. I know it sounds like an Edge issue, but there have been more problems. Last night, I couldn't even force a restart, I ended up turning off power. I thought I hade traced it to ACRONIS because it was doing a file back up, but today I have disabled all back ups, and still having issues from time to time.

My Win 10 Pro 64 bit Version is 2004, build 19041.329. Lenovo m710 desktop, 16 GB RAM 512GB SSD a few USB drives & a hybrid internal data drive. Sometimes (like right now) everything is working great. Then I'll try to open a program and I get the circle, or I'll try to close a program, and get the circle. I read online to disable SYSMAIN service and indexing, and did that. Still have issues.
Before all this happened, I would occasionally get the spinning circle when right clicking to bring up the context menu, and occasionally a program would hang when I closed it ("not responding") and I would use Task Manager to close it. I run Malwarebyte & Win Defender and no malware is detected. TIA!

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2004 update windows 10 error 0x80070002

Step 7, in folder from which you executed.

 

Windows Updated(16299.309).KB4088776 Restart is required to complete.

Hi dalchina. Good news, I followed your suggestion and reinstalled the update and now it appears as "installed correctly" *Biggrin Maybe it was not necessary to run the Windows Update Troubleshooter or maybe if necessary. But using it I do not think it could have worsened something. The installation was very fast, unlike the first time it showed step 1 and step 2 completed.

Thanks for the suggestions and for the time to respond Best regards.


And thanks for the tip of that program, I'll have it on my list.

 

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