7 replies to this topic

[chaz]

I know this script is simple, but it's a lot more handy than killing explorer in Task Manager (which isn't the official way and won't save some changes like taskbar autohide) or Ctrl+Shift right-clicking in the Start Menu and clicking Exit Explorer, then restarting explorer in task manager.

Edit: Doesn't seem to work as expected. Anyone have a properly working solution?

^!#E::     ; ctrl+windows+alt+e
	WinGet, h, ID, ahk_class Progman	        ; use ahk_class WorkerW for XP
	PostMessage, 0x12, 0, 0, , ahk_id %h%	;wm_quit
	sleep, 25
	Run, "%windir%\explorer.exe"
	return

[SnowFlake_FlowSnake]

nice this program will come in handy tnx

[Cragaha]

Nice chaz,

I think its A_WinDir and not WinDir.

Also it doesn't seem to work on 7, taskbar disappears and reappears again, while open explorer windows stay opened.

[chaz]

Open explorer windows stay open probably because you have set in folder options "Launch folder windows in a separate process" so it's restarting just the shell and not open windows. And you're right, it is A_WinDir and it normally wouldn't be necessary to include that part because explorer is a common exe that doesn't need a path, but when I ran just "explorer.exe" a new explorer window would open instead of restarting the shell, but "windir" seemed to work so I just left it.

 

I don't recall where I got this from, but it was originally this and it worked fine on my old 32-bit win7 PC:

^!#E::
WinGet, h, ID, ahk_class WorkerW
PostMessage, 0x12, 0, 0, , ahk_id %h%	;wm_quit
sleep, 25
Run, explorer.EXE
return

but it quit working when I moved to my new 64-bit win7 PC.

[A v i]

This simple piece works fine for me..

#e::
Process,close,explorer.exe
sleep, 5000 ;This sleep 5000 is to let you see what actually happens. Decrease it later
run, explorer.exe
return

Alternatively adding this after Run, explorer.exe , makes it even better

WinWait, ahk_class CabinetWClass
WinClose ;close the new explorer window

Tested in Win 7 32

[chaz]

Yes, I knew I could do that A v I, but the whole point of this script was to restart explorer without killing the process, but instead do it cleanly, like when you ctrl+shift+right click in the start menu and click Exit Explorer, or hold ctrl+alt+shift while pressing Cancel in the Shut Down dialogue (press Alt+F4 when the taskbar or desktop is active to open the Shut Down dialogue).

[mikeoertli]

This works for me. It clicks the start icon, then shift+control clicks and clicks Exit Explorer, then restarts explorer. All my windows remain open.

 

I'm running 64 bit windows 7 professional.

 

    WinWait, Start, 

    IfWinNotActive, Start, , WinActivate, Start, 

    WinWaitActive, Start, 

    MouseClick, left,  23,  36

    Sleep, 100

    WinWait, Start menu, 

    IfWinNotActive, Start menu, , WinActivate, Start menu, 

    WinWaitActive, Start menu, 

    Send, {CTRLDOWN}{SHIFTDOWN}

    MouseClick, right,  384,  428

    Sleep, 100

    Send, {CTRLUP}{SHIFTUP}

    MouseClick, left,  422,  412

    Sleep, 1000

    run, explorer.exe

[ZoltanZen]

run, taskkill /f /im explorer.exe

sleep, 5000

run, explorer.exe