HonkBlog|TechNotes » XP http://www.honk.com.au Notes, fixes, tips and suggestions from across my technical world Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:54:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 How to restore the explorer process in windows XP http://www.honk.com.au/index.php/2009/10/24/how-to-restore-the-explorer-process-in-windows-xp/ http://www.honk.com.au/index.php/2009/10/24/how-to-restore-the-explorer-process-in-windows-xp/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:18:03 +0000 admin http://www.honk.com.au/?p=211 Being the impatient person I am I have a horrible habit of closing down the windows explorer process in the Windows task manager, when actually I mean to close down the iexplorer process just above it that has hung for the thousandth time.

I’ve never bothered to look up a quick fix to this, and so have always restarted my system when this has happened, but I discovered today there is in fact a solution that doesn’t require a restart.

To restore the explorer process in windows XP:

  1. Click the trusty old CTRL+ALT+DEL
  2. Select Task Manager
  3. Then File
  4. Then New Task Run
  5. Type “explorer” into the input box and hit enter

And lo and behold the start menu and your active programs should reappear on your screen.

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