Explorer issues after updating Windows 10 - "Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permission to

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Phoebe Goulding

Hi,I recently updated Windows 10 on my Surface Pro and immediately noticed:- I couldn't click on the start button, taskbar or icons- The background of desktop icons turned black (and occasionally the entire desktop background turned black)- The taskbar is missing various elements (battery, wifi etc)- Using the Windows button also not workingI assumed it was a Windows Explorer problem and managed to open TaskManager using Ctrl+Shift+Esc and ended explorer.exe but I couldn't then restart the task. It produced the error message: "Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may

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