{"id":3854,"date":"2021-09-05T16:07:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T09:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indowhiz.com\/articles\/?p=3854"},"modified":"2021-09-05T16:07:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T09:07:56","slug":"taskbar-explorer-not-responding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indowhiz.com\/articles\/en\/taskbar-explorer-not-responding\/","title":{"rendered":"Start Menu, Taskbar, or File Explorer is Not Responding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Windows 10 is a good operating system. However, when it has a problem, it may cause difficulties or even frustration. Occasionally, one of its problems is when the start menu, taskbar, or file explorer show no response or freezing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this case, the following solutions may be able to help you to fix the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method 1: using task manager<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Start Menu, Taskbar, and File Explorer are controlled by a program called <code>explorer.exe<\/code>. Therefore, if something goes wrong, we could try to restart the <code>explorer.exe<\/code> by using task manager. The steps are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>press <code>CTRL<\/code>+<code>ALT<\/code>+<code>DEL<\/code> on your keyboard, to show the Windows Security screen as in Fig. 1,<\/li><li>then, select <code>task manager<\/code>,<\/li><li>in the <code>Processes<\/code> tab, find and right-click the <code>Windows Explorer<\/code> program, as in Fig. 2,<\/li><li>then click <code>restart<\/code>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note: in step 3, if you couldn&#8217;t found the <code>Processes<\/code> tab in the task manager, click <code>More details<\/code> button in the bottom right of the task manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"573\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indowhiz.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Windows-security-screen.jpg\" alt=\"Windows security screen\" class=\"wp-image-4015\"\/><figcaption>Fig. 1. Windows security screen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indowhiz.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Restart-windows-explorer-program-in-task-manager.jpg\" alt=\"Restart windows explorer program in task manager\" class=\"wp-image-4016\"\/><figcaption>Fig. 2. Restart windows explorer program in task manager<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method 2: using CMD  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other than using Task Manager, we could also restart <code>explorer.exe<\/code> by using command prompt (CMD). The steps are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>press <code>Windows key<\/code> + <code>R<\/code> on your keyboard, to show the &#8220;Run&#8221; dialog box as in Fig. 3,<\/li><li>then, type &#8220;cmd&#8221; in the text box, and click <code>OK<\/code> button,<\/li><li>in the command prompt, type <code>taskkill \/F \/IM explorer.exe &amp; start explorer<\/code>, as in Fig. 4,<\/li><li>then press enter.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indowhiz.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-run-dialog-box-cmd.jpg\" alt=\"The \u201cRun\u201d dialog box in Windows operating system\" class=\"wp-image-4017\"\/><figcaption>Fig. 3. The \u201cRun\u201d dialog box in Windows operating system<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indowhiz.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cmd-restart-explorer.jpg\" alt=\"Using command prompt to restart explorer.exe\" class=\"wp-image-4018\"\/><figcaption>Fig. 4. Using command prompt to restart explorer.exe<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method 3: restart the computer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In rare cases, neither method 1 nor 2 above may work. Therefore, the last thing we could try is restarting the computer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 10 is a good operating system. However, when it has a problem, it may cause difficulties or even frustration. 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