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Programs Only Open In Safemode, Less Processes Loaded On Startup
After having scoured the internet for help, not really gotten anywhere, and feeling reinstalling windows might be my only option, I'm going to leave this here before I fall asleep and see if anyone can shed some light on this.
I guess I should start from the start? Earlier I'd finished watching a film, put my computer to sleep (which I do a lot and never any trouble) and went to do something else. I came back and clicking on firefox upon awaking my computer caused it to freeze, the mouse was stuck on the loading icon and nothing responded. I restarted it via the case button and at this point windows wouldn't start up, the colourful windows lights wouldn't appear. After multiple tries I tried the startup repair, which left my computer in an odd state - no programs will work. Explorer works, but not enough processes are being run when everything has finished loading, and upon trying to do something, every program either does nothing at all, or crashes. Some get splash screens, and avast gets the UI open, which says the program isn't running, but that's as far as I've managed to get. Everything works in safemode, but, well, its safemode, hardly a permanant solution. I've tried system restore (multiple times), which for a while (a few restarts) made logging in turn to just a blank screen, where bringing up task manager, closing explorer, and running it again, would take me back to the same problem I'm having now with programs not running. Now windows boots normally, just nothing will load, unless in safemode.
I've tried scanning for viruses with avast, malwarebytes, looked through the registry at hkeyclasses-root for .exe after reading that could be the problem on google, everything there is as it should be. Sfc/ scannow found nothing also.
Whilst fixing computers isn't an expertise of mine, I've got a degree in computing so I know at least to a decent level what I'm doing - cant think of anything else to try and google seems to come up with tons of slightly related issues, but none that explain my exact situation.
Really don't want to reinstall windows unless absolutely neccessary - tried the 'update' install but that doesn't work in safemode or booting from the dvd, it'll only run in normal settings windows - where no programs at all will run.
Not installed anything recently, done anything different, done really anything at all except the usual, check youtube, blogger, facebook, and forums. It came completely out of the blue, which is why this stumped me soo much.
System specs:
AMD Phenom II x4 3.2ghz
ATI Radeon HD6850
6gb ram
500gb hdd
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit - Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600
Sorry for a) an essay for you guys to read ._. and b) if this is in the wrong place, someone move it/do what you guys do here if it is.
And thankyou for any help in advance you guys can give on this, I'd be beyond thankful if someone can save me from having to reinstall windows!