{"id":11454,"date":"2017-02-05T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T19:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/?p=11454"},"modified":"2023-08-11T18:42:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:12:48","slug":"restart-explorer-exe-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/restart-explorer-exe-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Restart Explorer.exe Process in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>Learn how to restart explorer.exe in Windows 10 from task manager or using command prompt to fix Windows 10 windows explorer not responding or crashing issues<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You might have come across times when your Windows computer or laptop hangs out of nowhere and stops responding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What most people do is the attempt to reboot their computer which will not only take some time but will also kill all the applications which you were running. If you are using Windows 10 operating system and are experiencing lags then you can <strong>restart explorer.exe Windows 10<\/strong> instead of performing a reboot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now you might be wondering <span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>what is explorer.exe<\/em><\/span> as you are not familiar with it. There is no need to be worry because we have explained both what is explorer.exe? and How to restart explorer.exe in Windows 10 computers in detail below.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eee; padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px; margin: 2px 2px 15px 0px; border-left: 10px solid #39B54A;\" align=\"justify\"><strong>You might also like: <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/server-execution-failed-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Fix \u201cServer execution failed\u201d Error in Windows 10<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents:<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/restart-explorer-exe-windows-10\/#What_is_Explorerexe\" title=\"What is Explorer.exe?\">What is Explorer.exe?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/restart-explorer-exe-windows-10\/#How_to_Restart_Explorerexe_in_Windows_10\" title=\"How to Restart Explorer.exe in Windows 10\">How to Restart Explorer.exe in Windows 10<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/restart-explorer-exe-windows-10\/#Method_1_Restart_Explorerexe_from_Task_Manager\" title=\"Method 1: Restart Explorer.exe from Task Manager\">Method 1: Restart Explorer.exe from Task Manager<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/restart-explorer-exe-windows-10\/#Method_2_Restart_Explorerexe_using_Command_Prompt\" title=\"Method 2: Restart Explorer.exe using Command Prompt\">Method 2: Restart Explorer.exe using Command Prompt<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/restart-explorer-exe-windows-10\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Explorerexe\"><\/span>What is Explorer.exe?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Explorer.exe<\/strong> or <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/windows-explorer-has-stopped-working\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Windows Explorer<\/strong><\/a> is a simple program manager process which we use in our Windows computers in order to interact with GUI. In simple words, if you are accessing the taskbar, Start menu, desktop, file Manager or notification area on your computer then you are using a process called <strong>Windows 10 explorer.exe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/how-to-restart-explorer.exe-in-windows-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11455 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/how-to-restart-explorer.exe-in-windows-10.jpg\" alt=\"how to restart explorer.exe in windows 10\" width=\"690\" height=\"425\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/how-to-restart-explorer.exe-in-windows-10.jpg 690w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/how-to-restart-explorer.exe-in-windows-10-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/how-to-restart-explorer.exe-in-windows-10-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/how-to-restart-explorer.exe-in-windows-10-223x137.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Usually, whenever we experience any problem with any application installed on our computer we immediately close it and start it back again, same is the process with Windows Explorer. You can even <strong>restart Windows explorer<\/strong> if you have installed a new application on your system or have patched a registry as we all know that after patching registry we have to reboot our computer, so in this case\u00a0restarting explorer.exe will save your time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And in case there are any issues with Windows 10 explorer.exe process (<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;\"><em>For the example: Windows 10 file explorer not responding, <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/windows-explorer-has-stopped-working\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows explorer has stopped working<\/a>, Windows 10 explorer keeps crashing, and Windows 10 file explorer hangs or freezes<\/em><\/span>) then as a quick solution you will have to restart explorer.exe in Windows 10 system as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are times when you are not even able to resolve the issue with Windows explorer reboot so in that case you are only left with rebooting your system. But at\u00a0first, we suggest you to <strong>restart Windows 10 explorer.exe<\/strong> process. Restarting explorer.exe process is quite simple and there are different methods to do the same.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Restart_Explorerexe_in_Windows_10\"><\/span>How to Restart Explorer.exe in Windows 10<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here, we are going to share two simplest methods to restart Windows explorer (explorer.exe) in your Windows 10 computer. You can follow any method out of these two:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Method_1_Restart_Explorerexe_from_Task_Manager\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\">Method 1:<\/span> Restart Explorer.exe from Task Manager<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Windows 10, restarting explorer.exe from Task Manager is a super easy task. Follow the below explained steps in order to restart explorer.exe Windows 10 using Task Manager:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (1):<\/strong> First of all, open Task Manager by right-clicking on the blank area on the taskbar and then select \u201c<strong>Task Manager<\/strong>\u201d from the context menu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>Alternatively<\/em><\/span>, you can open Task Manager by pressing <strong>Windows + R<\/strong> keys together and entering <strong>taskmgr<\/strong> in the Run dialog box then pressing <strong>OK<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (2):<\/strong> Once the Task Manager is opened, go to the \u201c<strong>Processes<\/strong>\u201d tab. From the list of Apps, select <strong>Windows Explorer<\/strong> and then click on <strong>Restart<\/strong> button which is located on the lower right side of the window.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/restart-explorer.exe-windows-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11456 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/restart-explorer.exe-windows-10.png\" alt=\"restart explorer.exe windows 10\" width=\"649\" height=\"416\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/restart-explorer.exe-windows-10.png 649w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/restart-explorer.exe-windows-10-150x96.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/restart-explorer.exe-windows-10-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That\u2019s it! Just after the click, Windows explorer.exe will reboot and you will be able to use your computer normally.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eee; padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px; margin: 2px 2px 15px 0px; border-left: 10px solid #39B54A;\" align=\"justify\"><strong>Do you know? <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/the-default-gateway-is-not-available-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Fix \u201cThe default gateway is not available\u201d in Windows 10<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Method_2_Restart_Explorerexe_using_Command_Prompt\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\">Method 2:<\/span> Restart Explorer.exe using Command Prompt<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you prefer using Windows command prompt to execute any task on your Windows computer then this method is perfect for you. In this method, we are going to restart Windows 10 explorer.exe using the command prompt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Restarting explorer.exe using command prompt is as simple as the previous method as it involves only three steps. Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (1):<\/strong> At first, <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/run-command-prompt-administrator-windows-10-8-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open command prompt with administrative privileges<\/a> on your Windows 10 computer by pressing <strong>Windows + X<\/strong> keys together and then selecting <strong>Command Prompt (Admin)<\/strong> from the list of options.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (2):<\/strong> Once the command prompt is opened, enter the following command line to stop the explorer.exe process in Windows 10:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>taskkill \/f \/im explorer.exe<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/restart-windows-10-explorer.exe_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11457\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/restart-windows-10-explorer.exe_.png\" alt=\"restart windows 10 explorer.exe\" width=\"650\" height=\"280\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/restart-windows-10-explorer.exe_.png 554w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/restart-windows-10-explorer.exe_-150x65.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/restart-windows-10-explorer.exe_-300x129.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (3):<\/strong> Next, enter the following command line to start the explorer.exe process in Windows 10 computer:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>start explorer.exe<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/windows-10-explorer.exe_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11458\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/windows-10-explorer.exe_.png\" alt=\"windows 10 explorer.exe\" width=\"650\" height=\"280\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/windows-10-explorer.exe_.png 554w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/windows-10-explorer.exe_-150x65.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/windows-10-explorer.exe_-300x129.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You are done! Now that you have successfully restarted explorer.exe process on Windows 10, you can use your desktop computer or laptop without any lags and resume your work. So the next time you see that your laptop is hanged or Windows explorer has stopped working, make sure that you restart explorer.exe process and aren\u2019t going for a reboot.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, these are the two very simple ways to <strong>restart explorer.exe<\/strong> process in Windows 10. You can try any above-explained method to get help with <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/es-file-explorer-alternatives-android\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">file explorer<\/a> in Windows 10 computer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Feel free to let us know using the comment section below &#8211; Which method from our guide of how to <strong>restart explorer.exe in Windows 10<\/strong> helped you the most?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\">You might also like:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/make-windows-10-run-faster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top 8 Methods to make Windows 10 Run Faster<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to restart explorer.exe in Windows 10 from task manager or using command prompt to fix Windows 10 windows explorer not responding or crashing issues You might<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,47],"tags":[150,156],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11454"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25131,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11454\/revisions\/25131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}