Restart Windows Explorer when its not responding with Explorestart
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It happens many time in Windows Vista and Xp, when explorer freezes and goes not responded state.
Explorestart is a free utility from NirSoft that simply restart explorer and internet explorer, If you run this tool, all the instances of explorer (explorer.exe) and Internet Explorer (iexplore.exe)
You can use this tool to rerun your windows explorer and internet explorer if some thing goes wrong with your Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer.
We hope you like this small tool to troubleshoot problems related with windows explorer.
Author + Admin: Abhishek BhatnagarSoftware Engineer by profession and blogger by passion, I blog about computer tips and tricks and solutions for computer problems. You can connect with me at twitter or know more about me on www.abhishekbhatnagar.com.
looks to be a useful tool for windows…how many times we have seen the explorer hang…hope this remedies that nuisance
I would rather kill explorer.exe in task manager and restart it as a new task. The trick you have given might be useful for non techies….
even i do some thing similar what Pavan suggested, Kill Explorer.exe from task manager and then start another instance of explorer.exe
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