{"id":16174,"date":"2019-01-19T09:25:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T14:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=16174"},"modified":"2019-01-20T09:14:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T14:14:21","slug":"if-windows-10-features-stop-working-try-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/if-windows-10-features-stop-working-try-this\/","title":{"rendered":"If\u00a0 Windows 10 Features Stop Working &#8211; Try This"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If\u00a0 Windows 10 Features Stop Working &#8211; Try This<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Sometimes. for no reason at all, some Windows features will stop working. The Windows 10 start menu and\/or settings may stop working. Cortana, Windows Store \/ Windows Store Apps or other Windows 10 features may suddenly stop working. Usually, this happens after a version update or after a cumulative Windows update, and rarely it happens for no apparent reason at all.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">The first thing you should do if you notice Windows 10 isn&#8217;t working the way it should or if some Windows 10 features stop working, is this:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Shut down your PC completely.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Wait 4 or 5 minutes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Turn on your computer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Wait while Windows 10 loads completely.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Try your computer and check to see if you still have problems.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If that does not work, here&#8217;s something you can try that has worked for us many times in getting Windows 10 computers working correctly again and all Windows 10 features functioning as they should.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">1.) Type CMD in taskbar search<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">2.) When Command Prompt appears at the top, right-click it and select &#8220;Run as administrator&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2019\/admin.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 Tips &amp; Tricks\" width=\"427\" height=\"844\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">3.)\u00a0 Enter the following commands, one by one, and press Enter after each.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">DISM.exe \/Online \/Cleanup-image \/Scanhealth<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">DISM.exe \/online \/cleanup-image \/restorehealth<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">sfc \/scannow<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Each command will take some time to run, so be patient. When all commands have completed, restart your computer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If all went well, you should your Windows 10 problems should be resolved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If, after you&#8217;ve tried the above, you still have <strong>major<\/strong> Windows problems, you have the option to run a\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-reset-windows-10-keep-your-personal-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows 10 Reset<\/a><\/span> or a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/fix-major-windows-10-problems-by-doing-a-repair-installation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows 10 repair installation.<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If\u00a0 Windows 10 Features Stop Working &#8211; Try This Sometimes. for no reason at all, some Windows features will stop working. The Windows 10 start menu and\/or settings may stop working. Cortana, Windows Store \/ Windows Store Apps or other Windows 10 features may suddenly stop working. 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