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Question

Safe Mode CMD access denied?

May 21, 2017 10:18PM PDT

Okay so i downloaded a custom theme from Deviart. When i ran the theme it brought me to a blue screen and please wait like normal. i got an error message that said the application failed so i clicked okay. it brought me back to the login screen at the wrong screen resolution. i logged in and it brought me to a grey screen. so i restarted the PC multiple times, and it would boot up then once i got to the login screen it was a grey screen. so i put in my original windows 10 download CD and entered safe mode. I deleted the theme files through the CMD. so i left safe mode and booted up my PC in normal mode. That fixed the grey screen. but now when i go to log in it goes to a black screen as if it was going to bring me to my desktop but then it shoots me back to the log in screen as if i just started my PC. So i went back into safe mode and used the trouble shooting thing. i rebooted still the same problem. so my next theory was try to run on of the default windows themes. so i went back into safe mode tried C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\aero.theme and i get a error message saying no such interface supported. i tried it with aero,theme1,and theme2.

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Answer
Fixing it may be too advanced.
May 22, 2017 9:05AM PDT
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I cant reset to reinstall
May 28, 2017 4:13AM PDT

I have read your article and try everything it sayes but i cant reset & reinstall

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That's really bad news.
May 28, 2017 6:14AM PDT

If I find a W10 that can't reset or refresh the OS has taken heavy damage and we get to start over.