Windows 10: [Windows 11] Explorer does not load on start, keeps refreshing, screen flashes

Hello everyone,this problem occurred today and I have no clue what to make of it:After booting and logging in, the screen of my laptop flashes and the task bar does not appear, but the desktop and desktop icons are visible.Some poking revealed that Explorer is responsible and the flashing goes away after explorer.exe is killed in the task manager using Ctrl+Alt+Del. However, restarting Explorer via Task Manager does not yield any change and the behaviour goes back to the previous state.My first attempt was to try and do a restoration via Safe Mode, however, the screen flashes kept occurring a

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Internet Explorer 11 & Edge - flash player will not load

If you already tried the steps provided by Jomel_Santos, we suggest to reset the Internet Explorer 11 by following the steps on this
link to make sure you do have the default settings of the browser.

For Microsoft Edge, please follow the steps below:

• Click on the More actions (...) icon next to the feedback icon present on top right corner.
• Select Settings and click on Choose what to clear.
• Check the boxes Browsing history, Cookies andsaved website data, and
  Cached data and files then click Clear.

Looking forward to your reply.

 

My screen keep flashing

Hi,

There are many possible reasons why the screen keeps flashing, like outdated display drivers or corrupted user profile.

Please answer the following questions for us not to repeat the same troubleshooting steps:

• What are the troubleshooting steps you have performed to resolve the issue?
• Have you tried to update the display drivers?
• Have you tried to check Windows update?

 

How to fix / refresh start menu in Windows 10? How to add / remove / edit items in bulk?

To "refresh" the Start Menu, follow these steps:

1. Open the "Run command" window by pressing WIN+R.
   
   (i.e. hold down the Windows key and then press R.)
   
2. Type "cmd" at the prompt, and press Enter.
   
3. Wait for the command prompt to open.
   
   (It will be a flashing cursor block.)
   
4. At the command prompt, type this:
   
   taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
   
   You should notice these all vanish: Start Menu, Taskbar, any open File Explorer windows.
   
5. Type this at the command prompt:
   
   explorer.exe
   
   Now those components should all load back in.
   
6. Close the command prompt and try the Start Menu. Hopefully it should have refreshed.