I changed the properties of my systemprofile folder - I tried to add my own name as a user with full rights (even though I am the administrator), but now I have lost the file "C:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\desk top" (it is no longer visible)and I am getting the error message "shellexecuteEX failed to start:code1068 the dependency service or group failed to start. Most applications will not open and my desktop shows only a couple of icons (even they all show when I open my computer and click on the desktop folder).
I eventually managed to boot into safe mode with a command prompt allowing ne to run sfc /scannow but resulted in a message "Windows resource protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. Details are included in the CBS.Log. windir\logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs. Note that logging is currently not supported in offline servicing Scenarios.
Internet Explorer will not start but SAS can automatically update its database over the internet. All shares are accessible from other computers. Any advice would be welcome.