Well, I think I am back.....sorta.
Nothing would open, really stumped. Did the shut down and reboot thing many times. Often using the 8 key thing. Finally was able to open with a restore to an earlier point. Even my various virus/bot/etc. utilities would not run still. But finally one ran and cleaned up a lot. I'm working now. slow but working. Need to upload some pics for my church and get sent out. Hope that works.