I have windows 10 64bit for quite a while now.
My system suddenly restarted to apply an update (which I dont know of its specifics). After that windows loads on the logon screen I type my password, log in and am greeted with blackscreen and cursor.
Mouse works
Graphics work
Sound works
Taskmanager works
I can load any program (firefox,games,vlc) and it runs without any problem over the black screen (if i minimize it it still exist as a small rectangle in the bottom of the black screen which I can maximize again) I even can use a file explorer window and copy paste any file or open any file I can even copy paste and run stuff from the "desktop" folder directory, I can search and it works etc
The only thing I cant do is use the task manager to run explorer.exe when I do that nothing happenes (although as I said when I type cmd,msconfig or a directory of an executable lets say firefox it runs without problems)
Also the value of the Shell key (under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
) exists and is explorer.exe
To cut the long story short everything in my computer works properly as it should except that I dont have any desktop! (or start bar etc) I am able to launch all the programs or open jpegs and documents using the taskmanager... :/
I tried also to reset my installation and it couldnt reset I tried the DISM and sfc commans (with the proper paramenters ) and they dont work because DISM cant find resources and sfc cant change files..
Chkdisk (and all its parameters) run without outputing any problem
I checked for viruses using linux/rescuedisks (updated) browserbasedscans and my main antivirus bitdefender etc -also on safe mode- which dont show any results I use to run rkill first (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/rkill/) before each scan and noumerous other reputable malware cleaners like adwcleaner or spybot (even tried in chameleon mode)
I also tried Kaspersky and other ventors worm and rootkit scanners.... nothing
I mean during hours of trial and error I found some things which didnt seem dangerous (like cracks for games etc) but I deleted them anyways and after all the above programs (after restarting and rechecking multiple times under various conditions like safemode,linux etc) I cant find anything any more..
but I still boot into a black screen with a mouse!
Any Ideas since I cant format for the time being because I dont have an extra disk at hand to backup stuff.....and using the taskmanager to open programs etc is a pain in the *****
Please help :(
eventvwr.msc
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