Windows 10: Windows 11 Black Screen with Mouse pointer after login

Hi,I recently booted up my Win 11 Version 23H2 HP laptop and was greeted with a black screen. No desktop, no apps, nothing, Weirdly the mouse pointer was visible and controllable. Multiple re-boots, in and out of Safe Mode, Windows Recovery Environment etc. didn't get me anywhere. I wanted to post this message to hopefully save you some time if you find yourself in the same situation.Cutting a long story short: I found several corrupted files and a missing system file - explorer.exeFrom what I understand explorer.exe handles the bulk of GUI operations.Hitting Ctrl - Alt - Delete at the black

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Windows 10 black screen with mouse pointer after login screen

Installed Windows 10 update over Windows 7 on an HP Pavilion dv6 notebook, i7 2.0GHz 64bit , 8GB RAM, 700GB HDD.

After successful login, the desktop comes up normal for about 30 seconds then goes black. the mouse pointer still works and I can run task manager and run apps through there.

Any suggestions to fix the black screens?

thanks!

 

Hanging loading wheel at login/Black Screen with pointer/Cannot Locate Desktop error - Windows 10

Problem:

Unable to login to my computer. Presented with black screen and mouse pointer after logging into my account (I am able to see the list of accounts, the start picture, and login before getting a black screen).

Details:

Computer is a Lenovo Yoga 14. Originally came with Windows 8; upgraded to Windows 10 with free upgrade offer in June/July of 2016. Worked well after the upgrade for some time. Began experiencing slow start up times one or two months ago but could always
get to my desktop. Starting Dec 24th, I've only gotten a black screen with pointer after attempting to login.

Getting to the login screen takes several minutes. Severe lag when attempting action on login screen (typing in password, accessing options from power button in lower right hand corner). Logging in results in a spinning wheel for several minutes, then
a black screen with mouse pointer.

Early into my attempts to resolve, I got to a blank desktop with an error stating the desktop path could not be found.

Solutions tried:

1. Refresh, restore, and startup repair give errors stating action cannot be completed.

2. Attempts to load in safe mode with networking results in a continuous black screen (no pointer). This keeps me from trying numerous solutions I've found on various forums.

3. Attempted to find steps for creating a boot disk on thumb drive. Information states a product key is required, something I don't have since I installed via free upgrade

4. Tried switching between monitors with Windows key and "p" as suggested in one solution - did not work.

5. At one point I was able to get into Task Manager - no longer the case

 

Windows 11- Black screen with only mouse cursor visible before login screen

I have Dell Vostro 5481 laptop Core i7, 16 GB RAM. I had Windows 10 Pro, upgraded to Windows 11 and started facing this issue. When I power on the laptop after Dell logo I can hear windows boot sound but screen is black with only mouse pointer visible, I can move the mouse pointer, keyboard lights are working (CAPS/ NUM lock). I can't even get task manager with CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+Shift+Esc.

I was able to login to Window 11 after upgrade was complete but after reboot it got stucked on login screen.

I tried fresh install to Windows 11 two times, after installation completion I was able to login to Windows 11 but again after I restarted the laptop it stucked forever on the back login screen. Next day I was able to get the login screen and was able to login. But after laptop got hibernated, I started seeing black screen again. Tried restarting laptop multiple time but I get same screen.

I tried all options found online- CTRL+Shift+Wind+B etc but none of them working.

PS- I'm able to login to Windows 11 with safe mode.

Please help if anyone is able to fix this issue. This is really frustrating. I'm regretting upgrading to Windows 11