Windows 10: Most Programs dont open/respond

Hello , I've been having this problem for a while now , it started when I was using an 8.1 Version of windows and then after I upgraded to 10 , it started happenning again after a bit, programs would simply not open in the foreground , programs like : Steam, Google Chrome , Edge , etc... , some stuff that didnt respond was : the search bar on the taskbar and the start icon. I looked through the task manager and it seems these programs are still running in the background , when I try to end them it says: "Access denied" . I've tried reinstalling them , I've tried sfc scan , I've tried DISM , nothing seems to work , can someone here please help me?

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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.

 

Why did the startup window get cleared?

I didn't missed any step, the list was gone and gone , even after using lot of programs the programs were not listed in that list.

 

Programs Not Responding repeatedly even after resetting Windows 10

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