Note: Once the service is restarted, you should get your desktop icons back on the screen. A New ‘Windows Explorer’ window should open on your screen. In the command run box, type ‘explorer.exe’ and hit enter. Step 4. Go to the ‘File Menu’ of Task Manager and click on ‘New Task’. You may also do the same by right clicking on the process and clicking on ‘End Task’. Step 3. Select the process and click on ‘End Task’ / ‘Restart’ button at the bottom right corner of the window.
Step 2. Go to ‘Processes’ tab and look for ‘explorer.exe’ or ‘Windows Explorer’. Or press ‘Win + R’ and type ‘taskmgr’ to open ‘Task Manager’. You can also right-click on ‘Task Bar’ and click on ‘Task manager’. Step 1. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete key together and select ‘Task Manager’.
To perform the following, try out these steps. At times, restarting ‘Windows Explorer’ also get the default settings back on the system.
