Windows 10: File system error -1073741818. cant open programs, taskmanager disappears

Discus and support File system error -1073741818. cant open programs, taskmanager disappears in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; So ive only very recently the last few hours noticed this, but i keep getting this error when trying to open programs. My start menu is also noticeably... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by bennn., Sep 5, 2020.

  1. BENNN.
    bennn. Win User

    File system error -1073741818. cant open programs, taskmanager disappears


    So ive only very recently the last few hours noticed this, but i keep getting this error when trying to open programs. My start menu is also noticeably slower and whenever i open task manager it just disappears straight away.


    Im on windows 10, just did a bunch of windows updates hoping that might fix it but nothing so far. Done a couple of scans with malwarebytes + NOD32 but they come back with nothing.


    I tried to do a repair with my windows 10 CD but i cant even run that as the error comes up.

    Any suggestions welcome, thanks.



    Edit; okay so it seems anything that it has to ask me permission to open doesnt work. I also cant run cmd checks as i need to run them as admin and it doesnt seem to like that.

    :)
     
    bennn., Sep 5, 2020
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  2. P4-630
    P4-630 Win User

    What is "Program" in taskmanager

    Exactly, er was no program.exe and the "open file location" was greyed out.
    I was able to remove it with "Autoruns".
    After that I scanned with malwarebytes, no big problems found.
     
    P4-630, Sep 5, 2020
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  3. TRWOV
    TRWOV Win User
    What is "Program" in taskmanager

    I also have a "program" on my startup list but there's no program.exe or program anything on my drive and the "Open file location" option is grayed out.

    I suppose it's just a descriptor. My best guess is that a uninstalled program didn't remove its entry from the startup list and Windows still tries to load it but since there's no actual file Windows can't show its metadata.


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    EDIT: Woops.... sorry, didn't see that OP already solved the issue *Oops! File system error -1073741818. cant open programs, taskmanager disappears :oops: Disregard my post
     
    TRWOV, Sep 5, 2020
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  4. MAGUIREFOBERT
    MaGuireFobert Win User

    File system error -1073741818. cant open programs, taskmanager disappears

    File system error

    Okay, so every time I try to download or open some windows apps (like task manager) I keep getting

    C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe

    File system error (-1073741818)

    PLEASE HELP
     
    MaGuireFobert, Sep 5, 2020
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