How to run "Explorer" and restart the Explorer.exe service in case of failures: several basic methods

The Windows program, called "Explorer", is the most common file manager, though it has some interesting features that few people know or suspect. In principle, the question of how to launch "Explorer" has an answer, which is about the vast majority of users. But for some reason, many people use the most primitive methods for this, which often look very clumsy.

How to launch Explorer in a standard way on different systems?

As a general rule, users who first get acquainted with Windows OS follow the standard instructions. In their understanding, the question of how to launch Explorer is reduced to finding the appropriate application in the Start menu.

But this is a lot of unnecessary actions. You need to click on the start button, find the program section in the menu, select the standard applications (or another partition depending on the OS modification) and only then click on the name of the launched application. Agree, it takes quite a lot of time.

Alternative launch as a means of simplifying work

Unfortunately, many simply do not know that when you click on the "Start" button, you can simply change the button from the left to the right one. An additional menu will appear, in which the desired program will be immediately visible. But this method, in the opinion of many, is rather inconvenient.

The same long method can be called the use of the console "Run", which prescribes the command to call explorer. You can also use the search bar of the main menu, in which you need to enter the name of the program (in our case this is "Explorer" without quotes).

But how to launch Explorer in the fastest way? To do this, any Windows system provides a special combination of keys Win + E (in the Russian layout - the letter "U"). The program is called regardless of which language or keyboard layout is currently used in the system. This method can be called the most convenient, and even for those cases when the application itself for some reason, there was a failure.

How do I start Explorer in the Task Manager?

Another method of starting the program is to use a standard tool for tracking and managing all processes, called the Task Manager. Run "Explorer" through the "Dispatcher" can be quite simple.

To do this, in systems below the tenth modification, use the process menu where you need to create a new task, and in the program launch line, register explorer, as was done in the "Run" console. In Windows 10, you can run the "Explorer" task directly from the file menu, where you can select to create a new task.

Restart the program if it "crashed"

Unfortunately, Explorer and its associated Explorer.exe service have the ability to terminate unexpectedly if any program failures occur. Do not confuse the file manager itself and the executable service, although they are called by the same command.

If the service suddenly crashes in an emergency order, you can use several methods to restart it. In the simplest version, the question of how to start "Explorer", and with it the general process of the system anew, is to use the combination Ctrl + Shift + Esc on the keyboard. It calls the standard "Task Manager", in which you need to repeat the actions described above.

Similarly, you can use the quick call to the Run console through the Win + R combination, and then enter the English process name.

If you first need to call the main menu "Start", you need to press Ctrl + Esc and the arrow to the right. In the same menu with the Ctrl + Shift keys pressed, you can use the shutdown or right click on the free area of the "Taskbar", and from the appeared section select the exit line from the "Explorer", and then restart the service through the "Task Manager" or console "Run", as was shown above.

Conclusion

As you can see from the above material, you can call the standard "Explorer" or restart the Explorer system service using a fairly large number of methods. But some of them are justified not always. What can I advise an ordinary user? It seems that the easiest and quickest method is to use the Win + E keys. The rest of the solutions should be left for those cases when the program or service for some reason refuses to function normally and in an emergency order terminates the work.

Which way to use for restarting, everyone decides for himself. But the optimal options are calling the console "Run" or "Task Manager". The second option looks more preferable, because you can control other processes simultaneously, and also force those who hang or cause errors in the system, connected specifically with the Explorer.exe service.