Comments on: Hidden Trick to Close Windows Explorer in Windows 7 or Vista

By: Kylie

Kylie — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:40:26 +0000

Hi I discovered this hidden trick on my own as I have the unfortunate problem of Windows Explorer stopping searches (or the green bar still loads, but nothing happens) or freezing on Vista. So, after having to repeatedly turn the computer on and off, I decided to try the explorer.exe process in the taskbar.
It is just annoying having to do it so many times.

But does anyone know how I can get Explorer to stop freezing??

By: Stuajnht

Stuajnht — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:01:03 +0000

Isn’t this hidden trick like what Microsoft had in Windows 9x (going back a bit), when you could just restart explorer by ending it in task manager, or whatever it was called back then, and it would restart itself in a few seconds.

By: jd2066

jd2066 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:33:27 +0000

@Amit: This trick is just to close the Windows Explorer shell to reload shell extensions and load registry changes not shutdown Windows.
If you want a shutdown shortcut there are steps on that at http://www.howtogeek.com/howto.....ows-vista/

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:08:49 +0000

None of this can actually “fix/restart” my windows explorer.
Because when it is not working, the whole start menu freezes, and anything that runs on the windows program ( My documents, the time, and start menu ) will not work properly.
All of the boxes on the bottom just shift a bit but wlil still open.

By: Amit

Amit — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:08:54 +0000

Actuallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy……………………………….
why cant we just use shutdown button.
Dat’s more easy I think…………………. until some geek tels how to make a shutdown SHORTCUT on the desktop

By: The Geek

The Geek — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:03:45 +0000

@Jawhar

Please post your question on the forums. The comments are not meant to be a help forum.

http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/

By: Jawhar

Jawhar — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:53:36 +0000

hi jon..
kind of you..
the above said problem occurs only when i log in as one user but not for other users..
further i cant find ‘imageshack’ in any startup manager programs..

By: jon

jon — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:49:32 +0000

Jawahar
Try stopping the imageshack img from running at startup. You should be able do that via Windows Defender, or a third party program like Startup Manager. If that fails, try a reimage (others may have better ideas).

By: Jawahar

Jawahar — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:44:49 +0000

Windows Explorer (the userbar) keeps closing! (VISTA)?
Each time I turn my Vista PC on I see this
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/4713/...
When I try to open some kind of window, (ex: My Documents, Backup & Restore Center), explorer (my userbar) just shuts down, and I would have to turn it on again via Task Manager; New Task. How do I fix this?
PLEASE HELP. Thanks you!
PS. For some reason, when I open other programs such as Mozilla, Warcraft, or Photoshop, Explorer (my userbar) doesn’t shut down…

By: john

john — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:07:12 +0000

haha, this feels like an easter egg