Saturday, 1 February 2014

Enable or Disable Explorer.exe.

Here is the registry key to enable or disable explorer.exe on windows.

1. Open Registry editor.
2. Navigate to the location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon
3. By default the value of "Shell" on the right pane will be "explorer.exe".
4. If you want to disable change it to some other values.

Note: For a system to work effectively, explorer.exe is essential.

Through Task Manager:
1. Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc).
2. Select explorer.exe and click end process.
3. Then restart your machine.
4. If you want to enable it again, press Ctrl+Alt+Del.
5. Open Task manager, Click New and open explorer.exe and restart your machine.

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