Hello,
Seems various & sundry probs all of a sudden. I am not aware of a recent update, but that's not that it definitely hasn't happened since probs...
Clicked on Start Menu (Windows symbol bottom left) and nothing happened. So I went Googling. Came across some 'fixes' that... didn't. They have uncovered some other issues though...
Cleared caches etc.
Tried sfc /scannow & came up with no errors or repairs needed.
Tried reinstalling Windows Apps via powershell & "Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"} ". First time I tried, came up with errors. Just tried again now, to tell you what errors were... & it gave me 'access denied'.
Tried to download apps via Windows Store & that wasn't working. I couldn't 'repair', that wouldn't work either, via 'advanced options', so I uninstalled & reinstalled Windows Store but couldn't work out how to download appropriate apps.
Tried creating new user accounts thru the powershell via "net user NewUsername NewPassword /add". This appeared to work, but when I went to log in, to the new one, then to the 'USER' account that was already there, it started up with 'Hi. Setting up your account' or some such, then just went to a blank black screen. Dinged when I clicked the mouse but nothing happened. Had to turn off & on again & can only log in to my existing account. I then deleted the new accounts & thought I'd try again... now I can't even add accounts - in settings/accounts/family, clicking on 'create new user' it opens a window momentarily & then stops. I tried thru Windows+R to run 'newuser2' or some such, but this wouldn't work either. Tried thru the powershell via "net user NewUsername NewPassword /add" again but it says 'access denied' even though it worked earlier too!
So... any other ideas before I have to do something drastic like reinstall windows?
Thanks for your time!
Seems various & sundry probs all of a sudden. I am not aware of a recent update, but that's not that it definitely hasn't happened since probs...
Clicked on Start Menu (Windows symbol bottom left) and nothing happened. So I went Googling. Came across some 'fixes' that... didn't. They have uncovered some other issues though...
Cleared caches etc.
Tried sfc /scannow & came up with no errors or repairs needed.
Tried reinstalling Windows Apps via powershell & "Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"} ". First time I tried, came up with errors. Just tried again now, to tell you what errors were... & it gave me 'access denied'.
Tried to download apps via Windows Store & that wasn't working. I couldn't 'repair', that wouldn't work either, via 'advanced options', so I uninstalled & reinstalled Windows Store but couldn't work out how to download appropriate apps.
Tried creating new user accounts thru the powershell via "net user NewUsername NewPassword /add". This appeared to work, but when I went to log in, to the new one, then to the 'USER' account that was already there, it started up with 'Hi. Setting up your account' or some such, then just went to a blank black screen. Dinged when I clicked the mouse but nothing happened. Had to turn off & on again & can only log in to my existing account. I then deleted the new accounts & thought I'd try again... now I can't even add accounts - in settings/accounts/family, clicking on 'create new user' it opens a window momentarily & then stops. I tried thru Windows+R to run 'newuser2' or some such, but this wouldn't work either. Tried thru the powershell via "net user NewUsername NewPassword /add" again but it says 'access denied' even though it worked earlier too!
So... any other ideas before I have to do something drastic like reinstall windows?
Thanks for your time!