Windows 10: Windows 10 1809 - Apps Freeze/Lockup, Suddenly Unfreeze with no apparent root cause

I've had a PC plagued with this issue recently and am at my wits end.


I'll be working away on my PC without issue, then suddenly my applications will stop responding. They enter the "Not Responding" state. However I'm still able to navigate and move in Windows.


I went to start and attempted to launch multiple programs. I clicked, the start menu went away, the programs did not launch. These ranged from File Explorer, Word, Excel, Multiple Windows of Internet Explorer (not Edge). I did have Edge open when the PC first froze and noticed the "E" icon suddenly had disappeared for some reason on the start bar.


After idling for a little bit still clicking things, suddenly every single program and window I tried to open launched. I had multiple instances of IE, all of the office programs, etc. (And the icon for Edge had returned)


I've done so many things in relation to this. It's super intermittent, but occurring enough to cause a marked slowdown in productivity.


Laptop - Dell Latitude E5470


- Event Logs - Only show "DCOM" errors around the time in System. No other errors in any log areas.

- Disabled Antivirus, Reenabled Antivirus (Also ran various Malware Scans. Fairly certain this PC has no malware on it)

- Completely updated Windows and Drivers (This is a Dell PC. Updated drivers using Dell Command Update which includes BIOS).

- Ran sfc /scannow which came back clean


I'm at a loss. I cannot reliably reproduce the problem but I also cannot say that it isn't a chronic issue.

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Hi Yael,

Let's focus first on freezing issues on your Windows 10 computer.

• When did this issue started to happen?
• Have you already tried the troubleshooting steps posted by Deepika Gowda in this
  thread?

We look forward to your reply.

 

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