Windows 10 Path doesnt exist - for most anything

[bigverm23]

so today I discovered something majorly wrong with my win10 PC. I tried something simple like accessing Task Manager from the task bar only to receive the following message - "

turns out I cant access anyting but the folders and the internet....any administrative function, device manager, system restore, system reset, trying to run a download froma browser, the list goes on and on..... I get an error message after a post-click delay of a minute or two that so and so path doesn't exist.

How can this be resolved, if at all?

Screenshot below is trying to run Media Creation Tool

 

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this is trying to run Task manager

 

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Services

 

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.....anyone at all....

 

[Neemobeer]

Could be a screwed up PATH variable for starters. The second errors is likely a class registration problem. It would probably take too long to repair to even bother plus you may have other issues. I'd do a reinstall with the "Keep Apps and Data" option.