okay, I just want to make very clear upfront I am not a software developer or any kind of engineer of any degree so I am just posting this in the hopes that if there is an issue it is resolved and people can avoid what just happened to me, and if there isn't, oh well.
carrying over from my version 12 install I have a button on one of my toolbars simply labeled "network". within this button I have two more buttons labeled "enable" and "disabled". this is the code for both buttons respectively:
@admin
@runmode:hide
netsh interface set interface "Ethernet 3" admin=enable
@admin
@runmode:hide
netsh interface set interface "Ethernet 3" admin=disable
prior to version 13, if I were to left click the network button, it would enable my specified networking adapter ( notated above in quotes), and if I were to right-click it it would disable it. I had not used this button in quite some time and I needed to quickly deactivate and reactivate my network adapter today and reminded myself of the button and went ahead and used it.
here is where my disclaimer begins regarding if it's DO's doing or if it's some other bad actor on my computer - I'm in no way blaming DO, but seeing as it is a beta software I am more apt to believe that it played a significant role in what I'm about to describe, because I've done nothing out of the norm lately regarding installing software, hardware, etc. The only significant factor that would lead me to believe DO is behind this is simply because it's the only significant change that's occurred on my computer in some time.
once I used the button - i.e. right clicked and then left clicked in order to deactivate and then reactivate my LAN connector - nothing significant actually occurred to my immediate notice on my PC. The adapter did successfully turn off and then reactivate, and for the next half hour or so I went about my merry way. I then noticed when I looked at my system tray that my networking icon was missing and that puzzled me and sent me into this rabbits whole investigation of what the hell is going on here. at first I could not click on Windows 10 networking settings without it opening the window and then immediately closing before even populating with any information. I then ran a system file check three times and there was no indication of any corrupted system files. I then did a DISM and of the app stores apps and just did a clean install through the the DISM restore health function ->
"DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth"
I let that complete rebooted my computer. upon rebooting it made no change to the situation. I then had an idea to look into my startup and services portion of our Windows and discovered that a vast majority of my Windows services had been nullified. What I mean by nullified is that they weren't changed to some different startup option (automatic, delayed, etc.) there was simply no option selected whatsoever. many of these services pertaining to Windows 10 networking and I was able to reactivate enough of them to their default startup settings that I can open the networking settings window in Windows 10 but once I specifically tried to open my adapters property window it crashes yet again and immediately close the window. * I do want to make clear that during this entire time my adapter is working and I have Internet access like nothing ever happened but according to my computer my adapter is either not there or I had no network connection*
I have been fiddling around with further repairs but at this point I could have reinstalled Windows and had a significant portion of my settings reinstalled and reconfigured and had a fresh install by now instead of horsing around and trying to Band-Aid up this mess. I'm going to back up my files and just do a clean install of w10.
I know this is very verbose, but it pretty much is the most significant actually the only major instance of some kind of flaw in DO ( if it is in fact DO responsible for this) in its beta stage. if you want more details or have any questions just feel free to ask I am just trying to be a good serving member of the community in case I can prevent someone else from going through this or somehow we can find a way to make DO that much better.
now that I'm done with this post I am almost certain it's something I did because that's just the way the universe works with me lately LOL.
once again, thank you guys for your amazing product and are look forward to seeing it in its finished state!