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How to reboot the taskbar

By piemadd
May 1, 2017 in Windows

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Open task manager and restart explorer.exe

Posted May 1, 2017

So my taskbar won't work all of a sudden. I don't want to restart, but i will worse case scenario. Any ideas how to ?

Also, i cant open Run, it is screwing me over.

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Posted May 1, 2017

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Open task manager and restart explorer.exe

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Posted May 1, 2017

CTRL+SHIFT+esc -> end task -> close explorer.exe

file -> new task -> explorer

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Posted May 1, 2017

Go to Task Manager and Restart 'Explorer'

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Posted May 1, 2017

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1 minute ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

Open task manager and restart explorer.exe

Just now, SCGazelle said:

Go to Task Manager and Restart 'Explorer'

I legit didn't know there was a restart option.

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