Solved Windows 8.1 This PC/This Folder is empty

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Whenever I startup my computer and open File Explorer, I am greeted by an empty screen that says This Folder is Empty. Then the progress bar begins to fill up, and the PC is fine after a couple of minutes. I tried the sfc/ scannow command and it found corrupted files that it could not fix. I even used a windows backup image and the problem started again. Then, I had CCleaner clean my registry.

Has anyone else had this problem? Also, is there any chance that upgrading to windows 10 will solve this problem?
 

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i5 4690k
    Motherboard
    MSI PC Mate
    Memory
    Corsair 16gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gtx 980
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 128gb
    2 Samsung 500gb 850 EVO
Type this in an elevated command prompt:

Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth&sfc/scannow&Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup&sfc/scannow&pause
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Inspiron M731R (5735, Late 2013)
    CPU
    1.70 GHz AMD A8 5545M Elite Quad Core
    Motherboard
    No idea
    Memory
    8GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD 8510G Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" Inch Display
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 900
    Hard Drives
    500GB 6GB/s Crucial BX100 SSD
    Case
    Blue Aluminum Finish
    Cooling
    Laptop Fan (Currently Unknown Name)
    Keyboard
    Came with it
    Mouse
    Utech Smart Optical Gaming Mouse US-D4000-GM
    Browser
    Google Chrome / Safari (On my iPod and iPad)
    Antivirus
    Vipre InternetSecurity2015/MalwareBytes Anti-Malware PREMIUM
MCPlayer18 said:
Type this in an elevated command prompt:

Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth&sfc/scannow&Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup&sfc/scannow&pause
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Thanks for the reply, but I seem to have fixed the issue. I used Tweaking.com Windows Repair to repair my windows updates, and the problem disappeared.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i5 4690k
    Motherboard
    MSI PC Mate
    Memory
    Corsair 16gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gtx 980
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 128gb
    2 Samsung 500gb 850 EVO
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