Do you usually restart your computer for registry changes to take place? Or rest art explorer.

exe process using task manager? This method maybe effective but it is like forcibly killing the process instead of terminating it properly, however there is a hidden option in Windows 7 / Vista Start Menu and an extra function in Shutdown menu of Windows XP that allows you to terminate and restart Explorer .exe properly. Follow these steps to get that option visible and properly termin ate Explorer.exe. To properly restart Explorer.exe, follow these simple steps: ------------------------------------------------------------Click the Start button. -Press CTRL + SHIFT, right-click on an empty area in the Start menu. You ll see a menu with two options, Exit Explorer and Properties. -Select the Exit Explorer command. Start menu, Taskbar and Desktop will the clos ed and the other applications will continue to run in the background. -To manually start a new Explorer.exe, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to launch Task Mana ger. -Now go to File > New Task(Run) -Now simply type explorer.exe in the new task box to restart the explorer. Windows XP To properly restart Explorer.exe under Windows XP environment, follow these simp le steps: -Click Start >Turn Off Computer. shutdown -Now press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+Cancel (This step will terminate Explorer.exe process properly). To restart explorer.exe, press CTRL+ALT+DEL and click File > New Task (Run) -Type Explorer.exe in the run command, to restart the explorer. And your done!