Blackberry Curve 8520 stuck on reboot screen

This morning I updated two apps via BB App World, which then prompted me for a reboot when they were installed. I said yes and it began rebooting, but the bar got stuck at 2/3 full.  I pulled the battery and tried again, and the same thing happened. I left it for about an hour but there was no change. I borrowed a USB cable from a friend with the same model phone as me, reinstalled Blackberry Desktop Software (this is a new laptop), and plugged my phone in with the intention of firstly backing up my data and then reloading the software.
I tried with the battery in first, but the pop-up told me that it couldn't communicate with the phone as it was still rebooting or the battery is dead, etc., and there was no point me clicking 'retry' because the phone wasn't going to ever finish rebooting, so I removed the battery and retried, and got as far as entering my password.  I hit the update button, it starts checking for Device Software updates, but it tells me that there was an error and that I should make sure the phone has completed any start-up operations...which it can't do. At this point there's a battery symbol on my phone screen with a red cross over it. 
I've also tried starting my phone in safe mode with the intention of just removing both of the apps I updated this morning, as I assume the problem is with one of them, but my phone won't actually start in safe mode. I have no idea what to do at this point! Please help.

The Research In Motion folder wasn't in Common Files but was in Program Files (x86),  but there isn't a subfolder called AppLoader, or a program called loader.exe!
Here's what I can see.
 And then these are the subfolders.
I've done a search for the program and it isn't in any of the folders. 

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