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The thread discusses an issue where modern UI apps, notifications, and the taskbar clock in Windows 10 suddenly stop working, despite no recent changes or updates. The original poster reports that apps and the Edge browser briefly open then close immediately, with no evident errors, and mentions that the problem affects only one of two similar computers. A responder suggests using Process Explorer to monitor for errors and recommends running "sfc /scannow" to repair system files, indicating the problem might be related to system corruption or error reporting processes.
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Good Afternoon: I am suddenly faced with modern UI apps that, when clicked, start for a few seconds then disappear. At the same time, I am unable to view notifications or the calendar from the clock in the task bar. When I click on them, I see the blue circle blink on then disappear, but nothing happens, no notification screen or clock settings.

I have checked group policy and registry and no problems there. I have the same setup on 2 computers, and one works without problems and both have the latest updates from Microsoft.

I should also mention that the Edge browser is the same, pops up for brief second then disappears.

Everything was working yesterday and I have made no changes to settings or devices.

Please advise.
 

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I noticed this for IE on a computer at work I have Windows 10 on. I watched the processes with procexp and saw WER fire off too and then both processes die. I would do the same. WER is the Window Error Reporting tool which should write to the Application event log and may give you some ideas on what is crashing. I ended up running the good old sfc /scannow to fix IE.
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I noticed this for IE on a computer at work I have Windows 10 on. I watched the processes with procexp and saw WER fire off too and then both processes die. I would do the same. WER is the Window Error Reporting tool which should write to the Application event log and may give you some ideas on what is crashing. I ended up running the good old sfc /scannow to fix IE.
 

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