- Feb 11, 2019
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Since 2 days ago i was having problems with my PC as certain features just gave up and did not work anymore. The main one being Task Manager, as it gives me this message instead:
Alongside TM, there are other stuff in the start menu that have stopped working, like Snipping Tool, and more minor apps that i dont care about. Also, the volume control in the system tray now shows an X on its icon, even tho i can clearly hear from the speakers as usual..
(tryig to troubleshoot this didnt work)
Another problem i have right now is that no USB ports seem to work properly. Inserting a storage device via usb doesnt get detected, BUT when plugging my smartphone via usb, it does get a charge + i can see the files in windows as well.
My plan was to give up and reinstall win10 but i wanted to bring this up here before i do, in case someone can help me solve this.
Also a side note - My CMD doesnt work as well but this has been a thing for a year or so now, so it doesnt relate to the current problems, tho im stating it in advance in case a solution may need a CMD for (tho i can use powrshell instead) would arise.
I am not entirely sure these 3 problems are even connected to eachother, but they all happened within the last 2 days or so (may have dl'ed a malicious file that caused all of this).
Alongside TM, there are other stuff in the start menu that have stopped working, like Snipping Tool, and more minor apps that i dont care about. Also, the volume control in the system tray now shows an X on its icon, even tho i can clearly hear from the speakers as usual..
Another problem i have right now is that no USB ports seem to work properly. Inserting a storage device via usb doesnt get detected, BUT when plugging my smartphone via usb, it does get a charge + i can see the files in windows as well.
My plan was to give up and reinstall win10 but i wanted to bring this up here before i do, in case someone can help me solve this.
Also a side note - My CMD doesnt work as well but this has been a thing for a year or so now, so it doesnt relate to the current problems, tho im stating it in advance in case a solution may need a CMD for (tho i can use powrshell instead) would arise.
I am not entirely sure these 3 problems are even connected to eachother, but they all happened within the last 2 days or so (may have dl'ed a malicious file that caused all of this).
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