{"id":21208,"date":"2021-04-22T13:50:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T17:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=21208"},"modified":"2021-04-22T13:50:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T17:50:36","slug":"what-to-do-if-windows-10-features-stop-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/what-to-do-if-windows-10-features-stop-working\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do if Windows 10 Features Stop Working"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\">What to Do if Windows 10 Features Stop Working<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The first thing you should do if you notice Windows 10 isn\u2019t working the way it should or if some Windows 10 features stop working, is this:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">1. Shut down your PC completely.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">2. Wait 4 or 5 minutes.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">3. Turn on your computer.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">4. Wait while Windows 10 loads completely.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">5. Try your computer and check to see if you still have problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If that does not work, here\u2019s 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-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">1.) Type CMD in taskbar search.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">2.) When Command Prompt appears at the top, right-click it and select \u201cRun as administrator\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2019\/admin.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 Tips\" width=\"427\" height=\"844\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">3.) Enter the following commands, one by one, and press Enter after each.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">DISM.exe \/Online \/Cleanup-image \/Scanhealth<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">DISM.exe \/online \/cleanup-image \/restorehealth<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">sfc \/scannow<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">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-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If all went well, you should your Windows 10 problems should be resolved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If, after you\u2019ve tried the above, you still have major Windows problems, you have the option to run a Windows 10 Reset or a Windows 10 repair installation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; What to Do if Windows 10 Features Stop Working 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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