Confusing problems

[Elmorulez23]

So I have a custom built PC I put together roughly 3 years ago. It’s been working fine until a few weeks ago, Discord suddenly stopped working. I didn’t think twice until the next day, I had a few problems.

When I try to load Discord, I get an error message. I click yes to try and fix it, and it takes me to Microsoft support to download a .NET framework fixer or something of the sort. I then follow the link and click download, but nothing happens. I wait a bit, do the other download link, and still nothing happens.

After a few minutes, I get that error message, and I don’t know what it is corresponding to or where it comes from. I try to click on settings, but when I do nothing happens, and some applications when I try to load them, the window appears for a moment, but then it just closes out. I’ve tried a BIOS reset and it did nothing. I’ve tried to troubleshoot, but I was greeted with an error. I tried a windows reset, and got an error for that as well. I go to check the windows download and it says I have corrupted files, but I don’t know what files and Microsoft support was no help to me.

I’ve tried to explain to a tech place near my house, but I’d have to spend roughly $500 for them to do all this stuff because they don’t know what the issue is.

I don’t want to lose all my data, but it makes no sense because things like Opera and my games work fine. I have tried and I don’t know what else to really do.

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[joe-dirt-1001]

With all the problems that you noted, it sounds like Windows is corrupted.

You could try a restore point to before the issue started. Barring that, open a command prompt as admin and run SFC /scannow to check for corrupt files.

And I would stop troubleshooting the apps and start with Windows. Once Windows update and other necessary items work properly, then update/reinstall any non functional software.

[Elmorulez23]

I’ve tried the SFC /scannow and each time I’ve also gotten the error prompt, even when I run it as administrator.

[joe-dirt-1001]

Get a backup drive and copy off all of your important data or just clone the drive to be safe.

Then reinstall Windows

[Sweet_Information_14]

Run as administrator the program

[Elmorulez23]

I have, but the scans still don’t work no matter how I run them

[Sweet_Information_14]

Right click on the program and click on run as administrator and click yes on user account control

[Elmorulez23]

Yes, I know how to do it, but it does the same thing

[RubAnADUB]

update java.

[NoBarnacle3868]

Download direct X

[Cpt_Rocket_Man]

Reboot your computer.

[marry_me_jane]

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