No mouse, icons, or notification area on startup

[csice]

I have never run into anything like this and I am VERY worried about it. I have Windows 10. Last I I have never run into anything like this and I am VERY worried about it. I have Windows 10. Last night I went to bed and when I awoke, my desktop was this way and continues to be this way even after restart. I get my desktop background and taskbar/start button, but no icons, no mouse, and no notification area/clock. Hitting the windows key does nothing. The search even looks different, just the magnifying glass, no extra space to type stuff in as it normally does(not that I could). I can't seem to get into safe mode to see if that works, and hitting ctrl + alt + del brings me to a black screen. It's almost like it isn't loading anything, because it restarts almost instantly and doesn't really make any loading sounds. If I go to the bios, it is normal and I actually have a mouse.

Does anyone have any idea what this could be? I have no idea what could have prompted this to happen as it was fine before I went to bed. Thanks so much to anyone trying to help out.

 

[Pearlmaster]

Hello,

You may need to restart your PC or connect using a USB mouse, see if you can at least get the mouse to work.
Assuming your mouse works using a USB mouse.

Try the following to fix your notification area;

>> Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box, and then type cmd. Press Enter.
>> Type in " taskmgr "in the cmd window
>> In the task manager window, type " explorer " and click OK (or hit Enter key). After some disk grinding, Desktop icons and Taskbar appear again, including your notification area. Unless Windows Explorer is already running in task manager, simply select Windows Explorer and click on the bottom right corner, "restart" to refresh it.

Do not tick the Create this task with administrative privileges check box explorer.exe should not run as an administrator.
The explorer.exe program you just launched is actually nothing else than Windows/File Explorer you normally use this tool to organize your files and folders. If you launch another explorer.exe from Task Manager after Desktop and Taskbar reveal themselves, you’ll open a new Windows Explorer / File Explorer window.