Restart the Windows Explorer Process in Windows 8. Sometimes when you install a program in Windows, or when you apply a registry hack, you need to log out or restart Windows.
However, the same thing can usually be accomplished by restarting the Windows Explorer (explorer. We have previously written about how to restart the explorer.
Windows 7 and Vista. This article shows you how to use the new Task Manager in Windows 8 to easily restart the Windows Explorer process. While on any screen in Windows 8, press Ctrl + Shift + Esc.
If the Windows Task Manager displays like the following image, click More details to access the detailed interface. Make sure the Processes tab is active. Notice that the standard End Task button is available in the lower, right corner of the dialog box, like in Windows 7. Scroll down in the list of Processes until you find the Windows Explorer process. When you select the Windows Explorer process, the End Task button becomes a Restart button. Click Restart. The Windows Explorer process closes and restarts automatically. To close the Task Manager, select Exit Task Manager from the File menu.
The explorer.exe process is part of Windows Explorer of Microsoft. Here are further details of explorer.exe, and whether it might be a virus or spyware. Process Explorer is a freeware task manager and system monitor for Microsoft Windows created by Sysinternals, which has been acquired by Microsoft. Sometimes when you install a program in Windows, or when you apply a registry hack, you need to log out or restart Windows. However, the same thing can. Do you usually restart your computer for registry changes to take place? Or restart explorer.exe process using task manager? This method maybe effective bu. Restart Explorer.exe process cleanly using the hidden Exit Explorer option in the Windows 7 & Vista Start menu.
Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. The display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always.
Process Explorer, also known as procexp.exe, shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. Process Explorer is a lightweight and portable advanced process management utility that picks up where Task Manager leaves off. The app will show you detailed. FIX: The Explorer.exe process stops responding (hangs) when you use Windows Explorer that hosts a shell extension that was created by using MFC.
This is one of the more useful, time- saving changes made in Windows 8.