I need a batch file to stop and restart explorer.exe, but I don't know all the commands needed. I know if you select it from the task manager you can restart it, but I want a file on my desktop I can double-click. I'm using Windows 10 Professional.
Windows – How to restart explorer.exe with a batch file
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I've had a similar problem with a game I have. You can easily create a short batch script that will kill and restartexplorer.exe and then run the batch script whne you want to start the game. Here's the script startgame.bat:
@echo off
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
game.exe
Start explorer.exe
Obviously replace game.exe with your exe. Place the batch file next to your game exe and run it instead.
I know you can do this in Windows 7, and perhaps Vista by holding Ctrl+Shift and right clicking on the background of the opened start menu. You will get two options, "Properties" and "Exit Explorer":
I don't know for certain which version of windows this was introduced in, perhaps someone else does?
In Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, you have to do the Ctrl-Shift-right-click on an empty part of the task bar to get the "Exit Explorer" option.
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Pretty simple to do this and pretty self-explanatory:
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