"Control Panel" is broken!

I associate a new program - WAV and that seemed to work. BUT after that the 'default programs' 'Define the Associations' remains "Loading"... i.e. the list shows ever, so I can't associate programs more!

In addition, when I opened a file manager of the address bar is animated (?) - there is an expansion of the green bar below this "overflow" to the left.

"Programs and features" does not open either - it remains the research (with the same green bar in expansion). It reporst "90 installed programs" at the bottom of the window.

I restarted the system - no help.

Thanks for your professional reply. I dodged the problem by opting for 8.1 - now everything works again!

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