Hello, all. I'm new to this forum/community, but a friend of mine recommended it highly.
It seems that I've encountered a problem on my Windows 10 Lenovo laptop. I'm able to sign in, but the desktop will not load. I've tried many methods to fix this... But to no avail. I'm not the tech-iest of people, so I'm a bit clueless as to what I should try.
Important notes and peculiarities:
I've tried taking the battery out, holding the power button for a few seconds, putting the battery back in, and starting again. Sadly, that didn't seem to change anything.
I am able to run Task Manager. (Through Task Manager, I'm able to run Command Prompt, and then I can run Chrome through there. And that's how I'm posting this. It's a layered process.)
I can't seem to run Explorer.exe, nor does it appear to be already running.
I've heard some people say that pressing the Windows key + P can sometimes fix this issue, but it didn't for me.
I tried updating my NVIDIA driver and restating, then I tried disabling it and restarting, neither worked.
I tried entering Safe Mode, but it has the same problem! Black screen with only the cursor showing.
While trying to troubleshoot, I learned that my computer isn't able to go back to a previous version.
Startup Repair didn't work.
The Windows 10 Update Troubleshooter didn't seem to work.
The login page for Windows seems... Zoomed in slightly? Maybe I'm wrong, but all of the text looks slightly larger. And Task Manager looks like it's in a lower resolution... Maybe it's zoomed in. This seems like it's hinting at something, but I don't know what.
I really don't want to have to reinstall Windows. It'd mean I'd lose all of my programs, which already happened to me earlier this year.
Thanks for reading. Please, please send any advice you may have.
