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My taskbar occasionally freezes, also, if I end explorer.exe via Task Manager it doesn't seem to restart, it's just gone. How can I fix this?
Edit: I noticed this usually happens when I lock my screen then unlock after a few minutes.
IMB
Posted 2014-04-26T16:20:14.483
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As the comments suggest, you should figure out what's causing the Taskbar to freeze. Have you installed any custom shell extensions, deskbands, etc?
To launch a new explorer process, you can press Ctrl+Alt+Del, then find explorer.exe process, right click it and select End all processes. Then go to File > New Task (run) and type explorer.exe and click OK. Wait a few seconds and it should be ok - until next time.
spike.y
Posted 2014-04-26T16:20:14.483
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The question is not clear. When it freezes? Does taskbar disappear when you end
explorer.exeor it stays frozen? (Also ending explorer will not restart it, in Task Manager open File menu, run explorer.exe from there to start it) – Jet – 2014-04-26T16:28:08.793@Jet It freezes occasionally I don't know what causes it, so I end it. BTW I remember Windows XP automatically restarts explorer.exe when I end it so I was expecting the same with Windows 7. – IMB – 2014-04-27T05:56:16.417
After you end-task, you can ctrl-alt-del and start taskmgr again, then use its File > New Task (run) to start a new instance of "Explorer.exe". But it would be better to find out what is causing your taskbar to freeze! – Debra – 2014-04-27T17:44:18.880