Windows 10: Nothing seems to be working AT ALL

So I recently upgraded my laptop and desktop to Windows 10, had absolutley no issues with my laptop, however last night 08/06/15 I upgraded my desktop as well (both were running windows 8 and had no issues with either). When windows loads up the wallpaper is just a black screen, the search button on the taskbar is greyed out, I can not click on the start button, or even try to open it with the windows key. I tried to adjust settings to at least see what windows was doing but when I try to go to any settings associated with Windows I get this message:
ms-settings*Tongueersonalization-background
This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Please install a program or, if one is already installed, create an association in the Default Programs control panel.
I would show a screenshot but microsoft explorer says the same thing, anything that has to do with windows gives me this message. I got into the device manager through a dos prompt, and made sure ALL my drivers were up to date, restarted several times and still get the same thing... Is anyone else having this issue, or has seen this issue on the forums that can maybe help me out a little

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Nothing except task manager seems to be working after sign in

Hi Adam,

Thanks for the update and response,

Yes you could reset the system by keeping you files as option and check if the issue persists.

Let us try to reset the PC by choosing Keep my files, this will:

• Reinstalls Windows 10 and keeps your personal files.
• Removes apps and drivers you installed.
• Removes changes you made to settings.
• Removes any apps your PC manufacturer installed. (If your PC came with Windows 10,apps from your PC manufacturer will be reinstalled.)

Resetting lets you choose whether to keep your files or remove them, and then reinstalls Windows.

I suggest you to refer to the section Reset your PC in the following article and check if it helps.

Recovery options in Windows 10

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/windows-10-recovery-options

Disclaimer: All of your settings will be reset. All apps that you installed will be removed. Only apps that came with your PC will be reinstalled. If you upgraded your PC from previous
version of Windows, resetting your PC will restore earlier version. You’ll need to upgrade again after the reset has finished.

Note: Please select
Keep my files. Microsoft is not responsible for any data loss.

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows, we are glad to assist you.

 

Nothing except task manager seems to be working after sign in

Hi Anup thank you for your response,

I haven't made any settings changes that I know about,

as I said a have received the two error messages:

-exploror.exe -application error:

The instruction at 0x00007FFB7120B6C) referenced memory at 0x0000000002952060. The required data was not placed into memory because of an I/O error status of 0xc0000185.

- Blue screen with the message critical process died

as I said the desktop shows up however the only thing that seems to work is task manager (nothing else will open or stay open).

after much waiting the SFC ran however it returned:

- Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

System maintenance troubleshooter returned:

- No changes or updates were necessary

(I also re-ran as an admin which returned the same)

The clean boot seemed to do nothing different

(is there anything I should do whilst clean booted?)

I got the event viewer open but I'm not sure what I'm looking for; there are 2795 errors in the last 7 days with most being in the last 24 hours, my laptop has not been working properly for a couple of weeks at-least.

I guess if I could (very slowly) accomplish these tasks through task manager I may also be able to delete some un-needed stuff so as to reset my computer and keep all my files?

is there an easy way to accomplish this?

or even back up everything to a portable hard-drive?

thank you,

Adam

 

Try making a new user admin account?

 

If a new user doesn't work, it looks like there is something wrong with the file associations in the registry. A refresh or reset might work, but 'll lose everything with a reset, although can keep r files if refresh.

 

If try to open Notepad manually by opening the Run dialog (Winkey+R), typing notepad.exe, and clicking OK, will it open?

 

Once Windows does its thing and appears to be finished and you're at the desktop you may need to restart one more time.