| This is the user shell, which we see as the familiar taskbar, desktop, and so on. This process isn't as vital to the running of Windows as you might expect, and can be stopped (and restarted) from Task Manager, usually with no negative side effects on the system.
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Stan P.~JaPHA~<(__)~Cheerz
| Yes, HOWEVER...If abruptly ended, more often then not I lose most of my taskbar icons that were in my system tray, usually the main program keeps running, but access to it via the tray icon it represents is lost, and not always does simply reloading the program bring the icon back some dont come back till other occurences occur to inhibit their return, such as rebooting windows... but usuall just a quick log-off and then reload windows is needed NOT USUALLY a full all out reboot of the macine... FYI More information
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Felix
| Windows Explorer (explorer.exe).
Windows graphical interface
Note: The explorer.exe file is located in the folder C:\Windows.
In other cases, explorer.exe is a virus, spyware, trojan or worm!
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Xin-Xin Wang
| Windows Explorer should be located in the folder you installed Windows. If it is not it could be a virus, spyware, adware, trojan or worm!
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Wyatt G
| No worries if you shut this off accidentaly. Instead of restarting your PC to get your taskbar and icons back just simply activate Task Manager. From the file tab choose New Task (Run...)then type in "explorer.exe" (w/out the parentheses). Your desktop is now back and your ready to go agaim.
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Juan
| i dont have the explorer.exe active and i tried to start it from the task bar and nothing happens?
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senor bolsa
| just the desktop GUI (graphic user interface) i usally turn it off while gaming ect. can be restarde in task manger new task>explorer.exe
as with any part of an operating system this can be exploited and should be watched for changes in behavior.
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Leo
| Don't remove it or you'll see only a wallpaper on startup.. Haha
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Habby la Bidia
| The best in the world.
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Steven Benedict Peth
| Very trustworthy application.
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omran
| Its a part of windows XP
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the grumpygeezer
| It may not be a security risk but for the unsuspecting or newbe it is very dangerous. When I shut it down with the Task Manager everything I tried to turn it back on failed. I have NO ICONS on my desktop so there was nothing to click on and I was unable to access the Task Manager. Through a back door I finally was able to access SYSTEM RESTORE and was able to restore everything back to normal.
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oOoThe FlyingDutchManoOo
| If you don't have enough RAM to run games or applications you can disable explorer.exe before you had to copy the file directory of your game in task manager.
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SFwriter
| TO: the grumpygeezer: Next time press Ctrl-Alt-Del, and get the Task Manager up and running. then go to "File" and click the RUN command, then just type "Explorer" (no quotes) and it will re-start.
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jess
| uhm my start menu dosnt work how do i just get it back
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elvis tyson
| runs scripts
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Branislav Mladenovic
| needed aplication
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