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  1. Restart explorer.exe Process in Windows 10 | Tutorials

    Dec 1, 2019 · How to Restart explorer.exe Process in Windows 10 The explorer.exe process is the user shell for Windows, and is used by such items as the desktop, File Explorer, Start …

  2. Is explorer.exe always in the "C:\Windows\" folder? - Super User

    Feb 4, 2024 · 0 I'm writing a program that needs to find explorer.exe, but I don't know if it's always in the same folder or not. I know on all modern versions of Windows you can find explorer.exe …

  3. windows 11 - What makes explorer.exe unable to start? - Super User

    Sep 28, 2023 · I install an update yesterday and now explorer.exe is unable to start. I can still access Task Manager, and from there I can open other programs. However explorer.exe …

  4. Explorer command line switches? - Super User

    Is there an exhaustive list of command-line switches for Windows Explorer? I know /separate is undocumented in this knowledgebase article as well as this one.

  5. What happens if I end the explorer.exe process? - Super User

    Jul 12, 2020 · If you forcefully end explorer.exe you will lose your desktop until you restart it. I assume you want to be able to see the desktop, navigate folders to view your files, and …

  6. Can you disable Windows Explorer from starting with Windows?

    Without the main explorer.exe running, you will not have a desktop/window manager unless you start or are running another one. However, for Windows XP the steps to disable explorer on …

  7. How to open windows explorer from current working directory of …

    134 When I type "bash" to the windows explorer address bar and hit Enter, it opens the shell in that directory. Often I find myself wanting to work on files with windows programs in the …

  8. windows - Explorer.exe command line options - Super User

    From the command line, is possible to launch Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) and automatically select multiple files in it? I know how to launch it and select a single file (see doc): explorer /s...

  9. What does "/factory,{CLSID 75*4b} -embedding" do? - Super User

    However, if I kill explorer.exe and then didn't supply CreateProcess with and command line arguments, it opened shell as with my program as parent, as expected. If you type …

  10. How do I replace the system shell (explorer.exe) with another …

    This is for Windows 10. Is there a way to replace explorer.exe with, for example, a powershell script? I'm looking to start a custom shell application without having to have explorer.exe run in...