Guide: how to restart Windows Explorer

If your taskbar or start menu is not working, you will most likely want to restart your computer. However, this is not necessary, you can simply restart Windows Explorer.

Windows Explorer (Explorer.exe) is used to interact with most Windows processes, namely the taskbar, start menu, notification area, and Explorer. If one of these components does not work correctly or freezes, you can close and restart the application, or close and restart Windows Explorer. If you've just installed a new app or modified the registry, restarting Windows Explorer will be up to date. This does not guarantee a 100% fix, but it does help in most cases, especially if you don't want to restart completely.

You can restart Windows Explorer using several methods, which will be discussed below.

Use Task Bar

While holding down Ctrl + Shift, right-click any empty area of the taskbar and choose Exit Explorer.

This does not restart Windows Explorer - it just ends the process. If Explorer does not automatically restart, you should do it manually. Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc, in Task Manager, click File and select Run New Task in Windows 8 or 10 and type explorer.exe in the Run box. Now click "OK" to restart Windows Explorer.

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