This issue usually occurs if the explorer.exe system file has become corrupted or some process interferes with its smooth functioning. You could try the following suggestions to resolve the problem: ...

If you need to get something done by constantly feel bombarded by distractions around your computer, there's no need to block programs from running—you can just shut down your taskbar so you can't ...

One of perhaps the strangest idiosyncrasies of the Windows platform is the association of the desktop, the digital workspace that users see all the time, with explorer.exe, the program in charge of ...

Whenever you click on any folder icon, explorer.exe opens. Click on any folder inside it and explorer.exe will open this folder also in the same process. This is so, by default, File Explorer opens ...

How often has this happened to you? You're working on something at the server when a window locks up. Your only recourse is to open the Task Manager and kill the Explorer.exe process, which kills the ...

With XP (and 2000 before that) I've been using runas to get my job done without having to boot people off their computers and log in as the administrator.<br><br ...

I've been experiencing this since RTM in November. Every once in a while my Vista Ultimate runs up to 100% CPU, for as long as I can stand to watch it before I log off or reboot or yank the power cord ...

A glib definition of Process Explorer is that it’s Task Manager on steroids. But that doesn’t do it justice. I prefer to compare it to the dashboard of a car. A Windows computer without Process ...