Help with shortcuts removed/dead and weird Windows Update

OK, so some time so that I was on vacation, my om used my PC in about 5 min to do something I told him to do. And somehave, when I returned, all the buttons in the start menu under the 'Connect to' or wathever is blocked. Whenever I press them, Windows is opening an empty window. Like all empty them, no text at all. And shortcuts (those in the lower-right corner) died too, all of them.  In addition to the Windows Update, its quite weird. When I open and select 'Install updates' (because I turned off auto update), he did his thing and goes to the classic blue/green start with updated text. And stays there. Can use hours and get back, and it is screwed up and before it resets the fact again. And once again. And once again. Help!

Kraizer,
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