• dabster291@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    I think pickles got confused from the fact that task manager (afaik) forces you to restart explorer if you try to kill it from there. If you taskkill /f /im it to death, then it stays dead.

      • dabster291@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        Wacky, I remember the metro (windows 8 - 10) task manager forcing you to restart it.

        Edit: Just checked the Windows 11 task manager, the Apps view’s ‘End Task’ button turns into a ‘Restart’ button when Explorer is selected (but the context menu option to end it stays).

        • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.comEnglish
          2·
          6 months ago

          task manager forcing you to restart it.

          That I can believe… The “Restart” option is just a taskkill and re-run the process. But that’s not “Explorer restarting itself”, that’s task manager restarting it for you under one specific, but probably the most common scenario.