Windows 10 can't open email and start bar won't work

Zippy77777

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Please help.

Since yesterday afternoon, for some reason my computer, out of the blue has started to have issues.
I can't open my email. If I click frantically on it, it will eventually open but once in there I can't do anything. Nothing works. If I double click on an email it just minimises the whole email screen.

Also the start bar (bottom left hand corner) windows logo doe's not work. If I right click it brings up the list but I can't access any of them. Left clicking the start bar button doe's nothing at all.

Please help me. What has happened all of a sudden. Virus, windows update? I really don't know. I hope someone here can help me rectify this :(

Thank you
 
It seems to work OK when I switch the machine off altogether but it happens when I do a restart. Something about a 'task host' something not letting background tasks run and then I have to hit 'restart anyway'. When it restarts, it plays up. I have to do a shut down (power OFF) and a switch on to get it to work again properly. Please help. Thx
 
First time I have heard anything like this.

Do you use Malwarebytes, could run a scan with that.
 
Bumping an old thread but my win 10 setup was doing this - something about installing a driver when I was going to shut it down. Think it was my external USB HDD. I disconnected it and it was fine. maybe worth checking all your USB devices are not needing reseated.
 

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