Recover from a Windows Explorer Crash
Sometimes the Windows Explorer can crash and most things seem to
"disappear", such as the task-bar, icons, or any readily available apparent
control of Windows.
If Windows is in good working order, then hopefully this problem would be a
rare occurrence, but it could happen more frequently on an unstable system.
The problem of Windows Explorer crashing could be caused be any number of
things such as; some conflicts in running applications, corrupt or missing
files, hardware errors, memory errors, lack of available memory to perform a
task, registry errors, or maybe a virus.
If Windows Explorer crashes frequently on your system, then it's a matter of
trying to narrow down what may be the cause of the problem. Try ensuring
your various drivers and Windows updates are current, run a full scan on
your computer for any viruses or malware that may be lurking, don't have too
many programs running at the same time that may cause conflicts or overly
strain your system's resources, etc...
I can only make a few suggestions in this post as to what could be done to
track down and hopefully resolve the problem as mentioned above. There are
so many different configurations of computer systems out there, and the
problem could be brought on by a variety of different causes. So it would be
up to the individual computer user to try and find a way to track down and
resolve the problem on their computer or to perhaps consider getting
professional help to fix the problem.
However, if and when a Windows Explorer crash does happen, perhaps you want
to find an immediate way to try and regain control on your system. You could
try restarting the computer, and that will usually put things back to
normal, however whatever work or applications you had open may be closed. So
in the case that you don't want to lose whatever work you were currently
working on and had open at the time of the crash, here is a possible way to
recover from a Windows Explorer crash to give you a chance to regain control
of Windows and save any important work or files you may have had open.
A quick and easy way to get an instance of Windows Explorer back without
needing to restart would be to press these following keys together: Ctrl +
Alt + Delete, then Click on "Task Manager" tab.
Or, alternatively you could run Task Manager by clicking Start, then
Run, then enter in the following command: taskmgr
From the top menu in the Task Manager, click File then select "New
Task", then enter in the following word: "explorer" (without the
quotes), then press Enter or click OK.
That should launch a new instance of Windows Explorer, and hopefully all of
your work and programs and such will all appear back to normal.
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