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Question: How to Start Windows Explorer?

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Question: How to Start Windows Explorer?
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The trick:

  • Open the Start menu.
  • Hold down the Control and Shift keys, and right-click on a blank space in the Start menu.
  • Choose “Exit Explorer.”
  • Open the Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc), navigate to File->Run, enter “explorer” and hit OK.

Select explorer.exe from the processes, and click on the End Process button. Next, you’d click on File tab, choose New task (Run…), type explorer.exe in the box and click OK. Windows 10/8 offers the context menu option to Restart Explorer in its Task Manager.The trick:

  • Open the Start menu.
  • Hold down the Control and Shift keys, and right-click on a blank space in the Start menu.
  • Choose “Exit Explorer.”
  • Open the Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc), navigate to File->Run, enter “explorer” and hit OK.

Steps to Restart explorer.exe Process in Windows 10

  • METHOD 1.
  • Open Task manager by typing it in Cortana.
  • Now go to the Process tab.
  • METHOD 2.
  • Press Windows+X and go to Command Prompt (Admin).
  • To stop the explorer.exe process, type the following command.
  • taskkill /f /im explorer.exe.
  • To start the explorer.exe process,

So you can just type explorer on the powershell prompt. Using this method, you can also pass cmd-line arguments (see ) The Invoke-Item cmdlet provides a way to run an executable file or to open a file (or set of files) from within Windows PowerShell.

How do I start Windows Explorer from command line?

Let’s get started :

  1. Press Win + E on your keyboard.
  2. Use the File Explorer shortcut on the taskbar.
  3. Use Cortana’s search.
  4. Use the File Explorer shortcut from the WinX menu.
  5. Use the File Explorer shortcut from the Start Menu.
  6. Run explorer.exe.
  7. Create a shortcut and pin it to your desktop.
  8. Use Command Prompt or Powershell.

How do I get Windows Explorer back?

Type Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring up the Task Manager. In the Task Manager, click on the file menu and then click on the Run option. In the resulting dialog box, type in “explorer.exe” and press OK. If you suddenly get your Start button and taskbar back, that means that explorer.exe has not been removed.

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