Crashing 7 Windows Explorer

Crashing 7 Windows Explorer

Much to my shock, I pulled the rip cord on my newly minted install of Ultimate 7. First ever user! Task manger > processes > explorer.exe > end process > end process TO FIND that running a new instance of explorer did not bring back the Taskbar -- as was the case with XP. Running two didn't either... explorer.exe came right back to life in processes as well as on screen but the all important Taskbar remained unobtainable until after reboot. This cannot be. I prefer registry fixes over hunting the Microsoft committee, for sport, that dictated this painfully useless edict upon us lowly users to force us into an endless chase of upgrading away from horrible options we thought surely they would have fixed in the next version.

CRASH EXPLORER AND RECOVER WITHOUT REBOOT... how?

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This happened to me too.

Try this. Start a new task from the task manager.
Enter "userinit.exe" w/o quotes.
This should bring back the explorer taskbar.

Callender said:

I don't have the answer unfortunately. Killing explorer.exe then choosing File> New Task (Run) has always worked for me.

From crashed explorer, as described in the first post, with no visible Taskbar as a result of the crash only and not another effect:

Ultimate 7 > Task Manager > New Task > Run > Explorer: starts a new explorer window
win XP pro > Task Manager > New Task > Run > Explorer: starts a new explorer AND a new Taskbar

Open your Task Manager and crash your explorer in either one to see this absolute effect on both. [Cntrl+Alt+Del then look to the right side for the "evil" Start button to reboot.]

Lock the Taskbar is checked
Auto-hide the Taskbar is unchecked

The first solution is: Task Manager > New Task > Run > userinit

This function restarts the Taskbar in both XP pro and Ultimate 7. But is not as simple as opening a new instance of explorer as was the case win XP. How to make this new solution as simple as the old.

CRASH EXPLORER AND RECOVER WITHOUT REBOOT (recovering both taskbar and explorer in one desktop shortcut function)... how?

This happened to me too just recently. I had to use userinit for a while in order to restore the explorer. Unfortunately, I never really did find out what caused it. It just fixed itself.

Have you tried this?

Open Startmenu -> search for 'folder options' -> open 'folder options'
On the view tab: advanced settings
Untick the 'Launch folder windows in a seperate process'. and apply.

Then test by killing all explorer processes and running a new one.

GramMKII said:

Open Startmenu -> search for 'folder options' -> open 'folder options'
On the view tab: advanced settings
Untick the 'Launch folder windows in a separate process'. and apply.

Mine already has this unticked.

Perhaps a .bat would perform both functions at once. I can do it with scripts, but a more commonly usable solution would help others find XP in 7. The eXPerience doesn't still dominate 25% of desktop marketshare a dozen years after its inception because it's XPerfect. It dominates because its better than almost anything else.

If i don't find XP-classic-to-the-letter in Threshold I will start taking hostages.

Code:

Ctrl+Alt+Kill