Restart explorer.exe in Windows 10 - How to restart explorer.exe without cmd and powershell [Updated]

How to restart explorer.exe service in Windows 10 - that's what we're going to see in this post. Restarting explorer.exe will greatly help in many times particularly when our system hangs for a long duration, Taskbar appearing on top of Youtube video and much more common errors. Explorer is one of the important Process used in Windows,many things like desktop,taskbar,File explorer,Start menu,etc.. depends on this explorer indirectly/directly.

Enough said, let's see..


How to restart explorer.exe in Windows 10


To restart explorer there are number of Ways available.But herewith i will Share you only Some easiest methods without the use of cmd, powershell as it should be beginner friendly.Just follow the Steps below as it is in your Windows 10 PC.

Method 1 : Using Taskmanager.

Step 1 : Login to Your Windows 10 PC.

Step 2 : Press Control + Alt + del keys all at once.

Step 3 : Click on Task manager.

Step 4 : Find and Right Click on Windows Explorer.


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Step 5 : Click on restart.

Method 2 : Using Run Command.

Step 1 : Login to Your Windows 10 PC.

Step 2 : Press Control + Alt + del keys all at once.

Step 3 : Click on Task manager.

Step 4 : Click on File and Select Run new Task.

(or) Press Windows + R Key.

Step 5 : Type explorer.exe


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Step 6 : Click on OK.


That's it...

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