Solve : Kill Explorer?

1.	Solve : Kill Explorer?
Answer» Death to the foul Windows Process! Death I Say! oh wait,no I'm just wondering if there's any button or key or way to instantly "kill" the process of explorer as well as if there's a way to unkill it so far I've only figured out how by opening a program up after I restart that shows all the processes of the computer (SpyBot Search & Destroy and the Process List menu to name one example) but I don't want to waste resources as well as RAM opening up a whole nother program just to close the another one I'm on Windows ME,and have around 100megs or so of RAM,so things barely run smoothly...that and without a video card it's really only 94MB of RAM....nonetheless is there a APP that I can find and download that loads on startup and unloads the explorer process...or maybe a dos command to "kill explorer,but keep windows open" I wouldn't mind navigating through a c prompt as long as it was IN windows...and not say....like through a boot disk any help or ideas would be more then welcome...now I'm off to slay explorer again. [glb]IvAnAwFuLiTcH[/glb]Nope... change your mind, you can't do that so easy. Windows is built "around" explorer, it is one of its most importants components. If you don't want explorer, then you don't want windows and that means DOS. DOS 6.22, without Windows. You will have to live with explorer further It's not Linux, man if thy cannot run without it,can't there be a way to disable it then? Besides running Spybot Search & Destroy Each and every time...indeed it is not The System of The nx's...but I still say there must be a easier(and maybe less-resource hogging...ok resourceful) application that can be run and "end" explorer's task of running in windows all The Process screen tries to do is shut me down! I return to search for them thenWhy do you say that windows explorer hogs ressources? What windows do you use? What computer do you have? (processor, memory, free hard disk space). Quote Why do you say that windows explorer hogs ressources? What windows do you use? What computer do you have? (processor, memory, free hard disk space). Win ME,500MHz Intel 2,~96MB RAM (it's suppose to be 100,but on the side of the cpu says 96...on screen says 92.0...so I guess it's near 96),9gig hdd with about 2.62gb free The reason I'm picky about explorer is simply if I open nearly any other program (be it spybot search & Destroy to scan for baddies...which makes the pc the most sluggish...or be it a small program like notepad for writing...explorer seems to be a useless spare wheel in the way of crashing me now before you say "go run out and get a different os or download linux or format or buy a new computer" let me just say I'm happy with what I got...EXCEPT for the nasty part of windows known as explorer,also I've found Spybot to work 46% smoother after going in to it,and the process list,and "killing" explorer so viking...in answer to my original question...and/or last two posts,is there any way to kill explorer...perhaps druging it so it dies until I reboot the next time or something?PS: forgot to mention it's a HP PavilionI know no way to work with Windows without Explorer. I maintain my affirmation that Explorer is very IMPORTANT to Windows and any application you use in Windows (it offers services). Maybe I am wrong, but I never heard of a computer with Windows without Explorer (from Windows 95). And... No way to "kill" him and after that expect Windows to work (or any application). I would use Windows 98 on your computer... But you already have Windows Me. I'm sorry, I don't know to help you The only way you "kill" processes in Windows is with the classic three-finger-salute: [CTRL]+[Alt]+[Del] As has been correctly and aptly mentioned by viking, Explorer is the vital part of Windows (as is SysTray). Specifically, Explorer is the shell, the part of an Operating System that defines the way it looks (amongst other things). It is, in effect, Windows itself. Nearly all applications also rely on the shell for their looks (which is why many Windows apps look very similar - it's by design rather than accident). So no, you cannot kill this and still expect Windows to work properly. You'll find that if you try to close Explorer you'll get the Shutdown dialog box appearing. Quote The only way you "kill" processes in Windows is with the classic three-finger-salute: [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del] As has been correctly and aptly mentioned by viking, Explorer is the vital part of Windows (as is SysTray). Specifically, Explorer is the shell, the part of an Operating System that defines the way it looks (amongst other things). It is, in effect, Windows itself. Nearly all applications also rely on the shell for their looks (which is why many Windows apps look very similar - it's by design rather than accident). So no, you cannot kill this and still expect Windows to work properly. You'll find that if you try to close Explorer you'll get the Shutdown dialog box appearing. LIAR! Thoust CAN Kill Explorer as I had noted above. The Main Purpose of this was if there was a hotkey way (such as Alt+E+3 = kill explorer,Ctrl+E+R=revive explorer),or perhaps another program that could do the job of killing explorer and remaning open (OTHER then ye ole ms deprocessor of [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Delete]. Simply,what I am doing now is loading up the computer with the least amount of things needed (done in Start>Run>MSCONFIG>Startup Vars) OR The Startup Selections in the Spybot Search & Destroy Menus. This Post Brought to you by... Spybot Search & Destroy ~Spybot Search & Destroy,one heck of a spyware scanner and nice all around helper app too! Get Your Copy Today!~ Now then,there's also the Process List-list in the SAME program,NORMALLY what I do is load up only the most needed things (HidServ,Systray,and My AntiVirus and/or Firewall...which like to run all the time anyhow...or disable it if I have offline plans such as running compression tests,archiving,doing something that takes up alot of resources...or isn't done online) anyhow after my selective startup starts up,I have spybot s&d open,I goto process list>I click on explorer.exe,I hit Kill,I use Alt+Tab and select a program I'm using instead (such as those compression tests I mentioned above,7-zip runs alot better without explorer then with),I've even found in some cases this adds aprox. 20% in the system resources free (I have a shortcut set so I can check system properties WITH or Without explorer) So guys,you still think Windows can run without explorer.exe? That te Microsoft turtle can shed and still have skin? Or did you think I simply wanted to do say ">del explorer,run windows" (as much I wish,I can't exactly do that...but make best with my alternative methoid) Thy answer me or face an awful itch!!!(no that's not a threat just a bit of humor on my name to get some replies,k?) PS: as noted above I had said I normally had 20% less resources free in some cases...and here are the stats: Last Time I Posted,EXPLORER remained alive,went online and posted 2 reply msgs and stated myself: Resources Free 64% Now: 78% [/color]have you tried the run command "msconfig"? it will let you check off any statup programs, including systray AND explorer if you like. SO there you go M8 So you've found a way to run without Explorer. Good for you, have a biscuit. Now, let me clarify. You are simply using [Alt]+[Tab] to switch between programs, without any of the shell on screen, right? Wow, useful. Even DOS has more functionality. I'm not going to bother posting again, simply because I know you are trying to wind people up into starting a flame war - there are very few people frequenting this forum stupid enough to fall for this. I will give one piece of ADVICE though: the Name Which Sounds Funny When You Say It Fast gag isn't funny anymore, simply because we've heard them. You can tell it isn't funny when you've got to push your audience for a reaction...

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Death to the foul Windows Process! Death I Say!

oh wait,no I'm just wondering if there's any button or key or way to instantly "kill" the process of explorer

as well as if there's a way to unkill it

so far I've only figured out how by opening a program up after I restart that shows all the processes of the computer (SpyBot Search & Destroy and the Process List menu to name one example)

but I don't want to waste resources as well as RAM opening up a whole nother program just to close the another one

I'm on Windows ME,and have around 100megs or so of RAM,so things barely run smoothly...that and without a video card it's really only 94MB of RAM....nonetheless is there a APP that I can find and download that loads on startup and unloads the explorer process...or maybe a dos command to "kill explorer,but keep windows open"

I wouldn't mind navigating through a c prompt as long as it was IN windows...and not say....like through a boot disk

any help or ideas would be more then welcome...now I'm off to slay explorer again.

[glb]IvAnAwFuLiTcH[/glb]Nope... change your mind, you can't do that so easy. Windows is built "around" explorer, it is one of its most importants components. If you don't want explorer, then you don't want windows and that means DOS. DOS 6.22, without Windows.
You will have to live with explorer further It's not Linux, man if thy cannot run without it,can't there be a way to disable it then? Besides running Spybot Search & Destroy Each and every time...indeed it is not The System of The nx's...but I still say there must be a easier(and maybe less-resource hogging...ok resourceful) application that can be run and "end" explorer's task of running in windows

all The Process screen tries to do is shut me down!

I return to search for them thenWhy do you say that windows explorer hogs ressources? What windows do you use? What computer do you have? (processor, memory, free hard disk space). Quote

Why do you say that windows explorer hogs ressources? What windows do you use? What computer do you have? (processor, memory, free hard disk space).

Win ME,500MHz Intel 2,~96MB RAM (it's suppose to be 100,but on the side of the cpu says 96...on screen says 92.0...so I guess it's near 96),9gig hdd with about 2.62gb free

The reason I'm picky about explorer is simply if I open nearly any other program (be it spybot search & Destroy to scan for baddies...which makes the pc the most sluggish...or be it a small program like notepad for writing...explorer seems to be a useless spare wheel in the way of crashing me

now before you say "go run out and get a different os or download linux or format or buy a new computer" let me just say I'm happy with what I got...EXCEPT for the nasty part of windows known as explorer,also I've found Spybot to work 46% smoother after going in to it,and the process list,and "killing" explorer

so viking...in answer to my original question...and/or last two posts,is there any way to kill explorer...perhaps druging it so it dies until I reboot the next time or something?PS: forgot to mention it's a HP PavilionI know no way to work with Windows without Explorer. I maintain my affirmation that Explorer is very IMPORTANT to Windows and any application you use in Windows (it offers services). Maybe I am wrong, but I never heard of a computer with Windows without Explorer (from Windows 95). And... No way to "kill" him and after that expect Windows to work (or any application).
I would use Windows 98 on your computer... But you already have Windows Me. I'm sorry, I don't know to help you The only way you "kill" processes in Windows is with the classic three-finger-salute: [CTRL]+[Alt]+[Del]

As has been correctly and aptly mentioned by viking, Explorer is the vital part of Windows (as is SysTray). Specifically, Explorer is the shell, the part of an Operating System that defines the way it looks (amongst other things). It is, in effect, Windows itself. Nearly all applications also rely on the shell for their looks (which is why many Windows apps look very similar - it's by design rather than accident).

So no, you cannot kill this and still expect Windows to work properly. You'll find that if you try to close Explorer you'll get the Shutdown dialog box appearing. Quote

The only way you "kill" processes in Windows is with the classic three-finger-salute: [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del]

As has been correctly and aptly mentioned by viking, Explorer is the vital part of Windows (as is SysTray). Specifically, Explorer is the shell, the part of an Operating System that defines the way it looks (amongst other things). It is, in effect, Windows itself. Nearly all applications also rely on the shell for their looks (which is why many Windows apps look very similar - it's by design rather than accident).

So no, you cannot kill this and still expect Windows to work properly. You'll find that if you try to close Explorer you'll get the Shutdown dialog box appearing.

LIAR! Thoust CAN Kill Explorer as I had noted above.

The Main Purpose of this was if there was a hotkey way (such as Alt+E+3 = kill explorer,Ctrl+E+R=revive explorer),or perhaps another program that could do the job of killing explorer and remaning open (OTHER then ye ole ms deprocessor of [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Delete].

Simply,what I am doing now is loading up the computer with the least amount of things needed (done in Start>Run>MSCONFIG>Startup Vars) OR The Startup Selections in the Spybot Search & Destroy Menus.

This Post Brought to you by...
Spybot Search & Destroy
~Spybot Search & Destroy,one heck of a spyware scanner and nice all around helper app too! Get Your Copy Today!~

Now then,there's also the Process List-list in the SAME program,NORMALLY what I do is load up only the most needed things (HidServ,Systray,and My AntiVirus and/or Firewall...which like to run all the time anyhow...or disable it if I have offline plans such as running compression tests,archiving,doing something that takes up alot of resources...or isn't done online) anyhow after my selective startup starts up,I have spybot s&d open,I goto process list>I click on explorer.exe,I hit Kill,I use Alt+Tab and select a program I'm using instead (such as those compression tests I mentioned above,7-zip runs alot better without explorer then with),I've even found in some cases this adds aprox. 20% in the system resources free (I have a shortcut set so I can check system properties WITH or Without explorer)

So guys,you still think Windows can run without explorer.exe? That te Microsoft turtle can shed and still have skin? Or did you think I simply wanted to do say ">del explorer,run windows" (as much I wish,I can't exactly do that...but make best with my alternative methoid)

Thy answer me or face an awful itch!!!(no that's not a threat just a bit of humor on my name to get some replies,k?)

PS: as noted above I had said I normally had 20% less resources free in some cases...and here are the stats: Last Time I Posted,EXPLORER remained alive,went online and posted 2 reply msgs and stated myself: Resources Free 64%

Now: 78%

[/color]have you tried the run command "msconfig"? it will let you check off any statup programs, including systray AND explorer if you like. SO there you go M8
So you've found a way to run without Explorer. Good for you, have a biscuit.

Now, let me clarify. You are simply using [Alt]+[Tab] to switch between programs, without any of the shell on screen, right? Wow, useful. Even DOS has more functionality.

I'm not going to bother posting again, simply because I know you are trying to wind people up into starting a flame war - there are very few people frequenting this forum stupid enough to fall for this. I will give one piece of ADVICE though: the Name Which Sounds Funny When You Say It Fast gag isn't funny anymore, simply because we've heard them. You can tell it isn't funny when you've got to push your audience for a reaction...

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