Fix: An attempt was made to reference a token that does not exist

Windows Troubleshooting
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Originally published at: Fix: An attempt was made to reference a token that does not exist

Some users have been reporting that they are unable to open Explorer.exe after upgrading to Windows 10 or after installing a Windows update (most likely the April’s Creators Update). The error message that is displayed is: “An attempt was made to reference a token that does not exist”. This is not only occurring with the…

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Thank you!

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Do you have Discord? If yes, I can try to help you while you screenshare your computer.

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Hi Kevin,
I think you might have missed a HUGE issue. You say to right click on START. I cannot. Nothing on my desktop works. The start button does NOTHING. I can however go on the interent. Any suggestions? Thank you emensly! Dean (In Oregon)

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Did you try it from an elevated Command prompt? and what did you get when you executed the previous command

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i tried to use method 1 but the cmd show “the system cannot find the file 'dir.”

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It worked THANK YOU