Simple Script to Close and Restart Explorer Automatically in Windows XP, Vista and 7 0

Simple Script to Close and Restart Explorer Automatically in Windows XP, Vista and 7

I have discussed in my previous post how to Restart Explorer in the safest way. Now I will discuss about how to create a batch file to close and restart Explorer in one click.

Just copy and paste the code below in notepad and save it as "Restart_Explorer.bat" (including quote).

Code:

@ECHO OFF
echo.
echo.
echo STEP 1: Closing Explorer . . .
echo.
TASKKILL /F /IM explorer.exe
echo.
echo.
echo STEP 2: Starting Explorer . . .
start explorer.exe
echo.
echo SUCCESS: Explorer is running.
echo.
echo.
PAUSE

Now Place the file in some location in your hard disk like desktop or quick launch or create a shortcut. This is the simplest way to restart Windows Explorer.