File Explorer TASK END ISSUE

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Phouga1993 Posted messages 3 Status Membre -  
 zouk -

I made a HUGE mistake!!!

I went into the Task Manager.

I noticed that File Explorer​​​​​ was using a lot of memory.

So I clicked on End Task.

My Desktop turned completely white.

I could only see my Task Manager.

So I turned off my PC Tower. (By pressing the Power Button on my Tower)

Then I did the same to Restart.

However, I had a Totally Black Screen.

When I press the Keys on my Keyboard... the screen "flashes" and goes black again.

Ctrl+alt+del does nothing...

Shift+b does nothing...

F8 (at startup) does nothing either...

Is there a way without having to reboot Windows 10 using a USB key??

Thanks in advance for your help

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madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   12 483
 

For next time:

I went into the Task Manager.
I noticed that File Explorer​​​​​ was using a lot of memory.
So I clicked on End Task.
My Desktop turned completely white
.

This operation is easy to perform, but what you need to do next is:
stay in the manager or reopen it, go to the top left, File, Run new task: type "explorer" or "explorer.exe" (without " ") and validate.
It restarts the process in a few seconds.

Very handy when the PC shows a black screen or any other frozen screen at Windows startup.


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brucine Posted messages 24489 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   4 112
 

Hello,

Forced extinction was not a good idea.

If the F8 key is not working or you can't boot from a Windows installation media, you can try accessing the Windows repair options either by using another function key at startup (which, if it exists, is specific to certain PC brands) or by doing the same thing—turning the PC on and off 2 or 3 times in a row with the power button to force the repair mode.

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Phouga1993 Posted messages 3 Status Membre
 

Thank you for your help!

But...

I got home after work and 2 days without a computer...

Then.. BING BADA BOOM!!!!

It works without me having to do anything!! Hahaha

Wtf..

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zouk
 

Hi

Yes, several restarts as brucine said to force close Windows blocked by a faulty Explorer process, but this time Windows wasn't broken so it was able to resume normal operation with its files without reinstallation.

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