Windows 10: Start menu and settings acting strangely + SFC scan failed

Hello... So. I encountered a weird thing yesterday, and it's still happening. It's hard for me to explain what exactly is happening, so I apologise. Ignore typos, the keys on my keyboard need replacing

So, yesterday I went to the start menu and went to search for something, when I noticed it was acting strange. The search bar came up, but when I clicked on it, it would revert to being... inactive? And would keep doing this everytime I clicked on it, making me unable to type in it.
I went to the apps tab in the search menu, and that was being weird as well - it was selecting each option as if I was holding down a key, if that makes sense.
Opening the start menu, I can't seem to scroll down the list of recently added things - it will put me back up at the top of the list.

And finally with settings, going into anything makes the scroll bar freak out, causing the settings screen to shake up and down.

Again I'm not sure how to describe what I'm experiencing so I apologise.

So then I tried to find out what was causing it and if there were any issues - I ran a scan with Avast and MalwareBytes, both found nothing. I restarted my laptop, which actually fixed the problems, but then it came back a while later.

I then found out about SFC scan so I did that... and it failed at 84%, giving me an error.
"0x8024001e" is the error it gave me.

I was thinking of doing an offline SFC scan as well, but I wanted to ask here first in case it's something else entirely. I don't know.

I can't say for sure if this is caused by something I installed, as I've only just noticed these issues, and they could have been happening for a while. But the only things I've installed recently are games.


Any help is appreciated, thank you.

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Windows acting strangely and semi-locks up.

For the past couple of days my computer has been acting strange.

I would start it up and it works smoothly. Randomly into the session things go haywire all at once.

Windows:

• Cannot launch any apps.
• ctrl-alt-dlt unresponsive.
• Opening the Task Manager by right clicking the task bar unresponsive.
• Opening the Control Panel or settings either unresponsive or just opens a blank window.
• Shutdown, Restart and Sleep through the Start menu unresponsive.

Browser (Chrome):

• The page would freeze. Whatever is on screen at the time is stuck there and I can't scroll. If watching a video at the time I would be able to hear the sound but the video freezes. After a while Chrome would crash the tab.

Downloads (utorrent):

• Download speed would go from 1.5-2 MB/s to 9kbs and just stay there. utorrent would still be responsive though.

The only way to get things back to normal is through a hard reboot.

I scanned the system using Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Superantispyware AND Bitdefender. All scans normal.

I did an SFC scan and it did not show any errors.

Any ideas?

 

Windows 10 Start Menu Not Closing

Hi,

I realized your concern and will assist you to resolve the issue.

I suggest you to follow the step below and check if it helps.

Step 1: Check for the latest updates and install.

• 
  Press Windows logo key +R, enter
  MS-settings: and then press OK. This opens Settings.
  
• 
  In Settings, go to Update & security >
  Windows Update, and then select Check for updates. Install any available updates and restart your PC if required.
  

Step 2: I suggest you to run
Start menu troubleshooter. After you've completed the troubleshooter, restart your device.

Step 3: I suggest you to perform
System File Checker (SFC) scan.

System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

To perform SFC Scan, refer to the below link:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929833

Your reply is very important for us to ensure a proper resolution. Please get back to us with the above information in order to assist you accordingly.

Thanks and regards.

 

Start menu and store not responding

Hi Vinit,

I would suggest that you run the SFC scan and check. Follow the below steps :

• Press Windows + X
• Click Command prompt (Admin)
• Type sfc /scannow
• Press Enter

Let us know if it helped to fix the issue.