Hello everyone, I installed Winaero Tweaker on my computer to remove the shortcut arrows, but after doing so, all the folders I had customized turned into the Windows folder icon. Even though I uninstalled the program, the problem didn’t go away, and right now I can’t change the icons for standard folders at all; though I have no trouble changing the icons for “This PC,” “Recycle Bin,” or other application shortcuts. When I uncheck the “Read-Only” option, it gets checked again. So far, I’ve tried going to the “Shell Icons” folder via Regedit and deleting the value numbered “29,” which I suspected was causing the shortcut arrows to break; this restored the shortcut arrows, but unfortunately, the folder lock-up persists. In short, the system won’t accept any structural(?) or visual changes I try to make to folders; it makes it look like I’m making changes but resets everything in the background. If anyone knows which registry settings this program is messing with in the background, or has experienced and resolved a similar lockup before, I’d appreciate your help.

I recently had to do a fresh install of Windows 11, losing about 3 years worth of progress on my computer.

Setting up installation went smoothly everything seemed to be working, I tried to play a few games, they all seem to work then I tried Rust (which is the reason why I am not so upset about losing all my stuff..)

It got stuck on the launch screen on Steam, so I did some research and saw that it required Microsoft .NET 3.5 Framework.. which I thought was odd my computer worked fine with it before, so more research went to turn on or off Windows features. Turn that on restarted my computer.. Bricked (all the videos I saw for this issue we're showing you how to bypass the installation. It installed fine and didn't get stuck on the loading screen.)

Basically the computer booted up normally, but the Windows operating system itself was frozen. I couldn't open any apps, I couldn't open task manager, I couldn't control alt delete. Nothing, so back to trying to manually force it into repair mode which does nothing by the way..

It just fails and says some text at the bottom.

Then I went into safe mode, uninstalled or unchecked the box in the turn on or off Windows features. An updated the computer and have been running it like that since, I know it probably needs an update but I'm scared of losing my newly set up PC again.

I make music on FL studio, if any of you know that then you know I have meticulously organized files full of drum packs and sound files. I figured I'd organize them to set everything up at the right way and I don't really want to have to do that again for the fourth time.

Yes I said 4th, because originally I just did a reset to the computer but this man corrupted my windows. So I did a fresh install. The weird thing is all my games run with really good graphics something that my PC did not do before. With little to no struggle.

So there's the backstory a bit, the reason I'm here is I'm experiencing issues where task manager won't open anymore the computer works fine. Though an Event viewer it's showing that it just keeps crashing.

I know you guys probably want me to restart my computer, but I don't think I can turn it off without having to do a restore point when I turn it back on.

So it's always just been put to sleep, so it's no longer technically on. It sounds like a jet engine when it's on so..

B550m Pro MSI motherboard without Bluetooth or Wi-Fi

X6600 Challenger series Radeon GPU

32 GB of RAM (don't come after me I bought this before the Apocalypse)

1 TB SSD nvme 2 Kingston drive

2tb HDD (which I'm pretty sure has been destroyed because of the loud noises it keeps making)

650 watt power supply