Windows 10 - Start Menu, Settings, Taskbar all broken! Can I please get some help?

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Windows 10 - Start Menu, Settings, Taskbar all broken

I finally received the invitation to start Windows 10. It seemed to successfully install apart from a black screen after installation was finished. No matter, I shut it down and restarted. After I log back in, I don't see any of the apps (Chrome, Skype, etc.) on the taskbar. I wait a while, and they do eventually show. Clicking them does nothing. Clicking the Start menu does nothing. Attempting a search does nothing. A hard reset does nothing. It seems like explorer crashes every few minutes. I can't open Settings to revert to Windows 7, so I'm absolutely stuck.

Can someone please help? My laptop appears to be one step above bricked. It's an Acer 4739Z-4462.

 

[Noel Mahony]

Re: Windows 10 - Start Menu, Settings, Taskbar all broken

same problem really pissing me off...and cant reinstall windows 7

 

[Nic Miller]

Re: Windows 10 - Start Menu, Settings, Taskbar all broken

same here, really worried and cant do anything
edit: also cant create or change users