Solved Slow laptop, Audio Faulty, multiple issues

Thank you so much for your time and help!

No problems yet with the audio, the computer runs faster than before which is fantastic. The system tray was still broken though so I spent a while trying to google a solution. I ended up having to delete two registry keys "IconStreams" and "PastIconsStream" and then reset explorer.exe again which fixed that particular issue. Some icons in folder options are still broken but I suppose this is just residue damage from malicious software that I'll have to deal with. Again, thank you so much for your help!

I'll post any updates if there are any
 
Way to go!!
Good luck and stay safe :)

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