If for some reason, you need to restart your Windows Explorer, you would normally do the following:
Start the Task Manager
Select explorer.exe from the processes, and click on the End Process button.
This would kill explorer.exe.
Next, you’d click on File tab, choose New task (Run…), type explorer.exe in the box and click OK.
This will restart explorer.exe.
Alternatively, if you find that your explorer.exe freezes frequently or you are really into experimenting and testing customizations, creating a desktop shortcut to restart explorer would definitely be a more convenient option!
To do so, copy-paste the following in a Notepad and and save it as (All files) as a .bat file. Name it as RestartExplorer.bat, if you wish!
@echo off
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe
Thats it!
Right Click Restart Explorer adds Restart Explorer option to Context Menu – you might want to check it out! How to kill Windows 7 & Vista’s explorer.exe in 3 clicks may also interest you!
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