Windows 10: Multitude of problems videos not playing, icon/chrome tabs not being movable, + persist...

Recently I have been having some strange problems with Windows 10, particularly when I initially start up my computer after shutting it down.


The problems include:

• The video not playing, as well as the scrubber not being able to be moved, on any media player installed on my system
  • This includes Movies + TV, VLC Media Player, and Sony Vegas
• Not being able to rearrange icons on my taskbar. When I attempt to move them, they either do not move, or return back to their original positions.
  • I am still able to rearrange shortcuts and folders on my desktop
• Not being able to rearrange tabs on either Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge by dragging them.
• Selecting text by dragging the mouse does not work on some software, notably text that I cannot edit.

These problems arose a couple of weeks ago. I can't remember any changes I had made to my computer during the time besides a registry edit I made regarding this post: Registry Edit


All of these problems go away after I restart my computer for the first time, but persist after shutting down my computer completely.


I have tried creating a new local account, but the issue persists there as well.

I have also tried repairing system files by running DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth


Any help would be much appreciated, thank you :

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Chrome Crashing & Video won't play

Hi Jone,

Thanks for replying to us with the status of your issue.

To assist you better, please provide few details.

• 
  Is the issue with playing video is only with confined to specific browser?
  
• 
  What is the make and model of your computer?
  

As the issue still persists, I suggest you to try the below steps.

Step 1: For the issue related to Chrome, refer to the below link:

Google Chrome Help

Step 2: For the issue related to paying video through browser, try updating Add on in Internet explorer and check if it helps.

Refer to the below link:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/manage-add-ons#ie=ie-11

Hope it helps, reply to us with the status of your issue. We will be happy to assist you.

 

Chrome Bookmark Folders are screwed up

This is what I see in Chrome under about:gpu

Graphics Feature Status

• Canvas: Hardware accelerated
• 3D CSS: Hardware accelerated
• Compositing: Hardware accelerated on all pages and threaded
• CSS Animation: Accelerated and threaded
• Flash 3D: Hardware accelerated
• Flash Stage3D: Hardware accelerated
• Flash Stage3D Baseline profile: Hardware accelerated
• WebGL multisampling: Hardware accelerated
• Texture Sharing: Unavailable. Hardware acceleration unavailable
• Video: Hardware accelerated
• Video Decode: Hardware accelerated
• WebGL: Hardware accelerate

The problem persists even after adding "--disable-gpu --disable-software-rasterizer" to the Chrome.exe shortcut as you suggested.

 

Problem watching videos

Hi Ara,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community forum.



To have a better clarity on the issue, respond to the questions listed below:

• Were any changes made on the computer prior to this issue?
  
• Does the issue persist on all sites?
  
• Do the downloaded videos play fine?
  

Meanwhile you may try the steps listed below and check if it works:

• Right click on the video you’re watching.
  
• Click on ‘Settings’.
  
• On the first tab, make sure ‘Enable hardware acceleration’ box is unchecked.
  

Regards,