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CoronaBoner
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PostPosted: 00:15 - 30 Aug 2006    Post subject: Deleted explorer on task manager doh! Reply with quote

Somehow I was randomly ending some processes on the task manager and I accidently Wink hit the explorer one.
I now have no start bar or anything, I feel so lucky that I left BCF open as this is my only life line so to speak Confused

How can I get it all back????
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PostPosted: 00:19 - 30 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

there is a way to reload it which i forget.

just ctrl-alt-del and restart your PC.

EDIT - ctrl-alt-del then FILE --> NEW TASK (RUN) --> explore.exe i think
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PostPosted: 00:24 - 30 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thumbs Up Thumbs Up That worked!!

Kin ell, thought I were a gonna, can't believe they make it possible to do that, all I was trying to do was make it run better.

Cheers Very Happy
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PostPosted: 00:29 - 30 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

done it myself a few times...been a while though cos i learned my lesson Karma
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PostPosted: 12:48 - 30 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

T1z3R wrote:
there is a way to reload it which i forget.

just ctrl-alt-del and restart your PC.

EDIT - ctrl-alt-del then FILE --> NEW TASK (RUN) --> explore.exe i think


Yeh thats the way to do it. Although if your lazy you could just hit the off button and turn it back on. Smile
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PostPosted: 23:58 - 30 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

click new task and just type "explorer" (don't need the .exe)
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PostPosted: 10:47 - 31 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

just log off and back on sorts it to Smile

naughty boy playing with the processes!!! see what happens!! lol
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PostPosted: 11:11 - 31 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Your IT qualified now Corona Thumbs Up Laughing
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PostPosted: 12:09 - 31 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

S'a common thing - if you're into competitive benchmarking etc, closing explorer is good practice due to the amount of ram it frees up. S'something I also do when working on large images in either photoshop or coreldraw, or occasionally when video editing with Premiere Pro...
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PostPosted: 13:34 - 31 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Marci wrote:
S'a common thing - if you're into competitive benchmarking etc, closing explorer is good practice due to the amount of ram it frees up. S'something I also do when working on large images in either photoshop or coreldraw, or occasionally when video editing with Premiere Pro...


it only takes 6mb ram when running?? and 12mb peek. on a 1gb or + system that aint going to make a whole lot different. It will also most of that will be paged to disk if you run another memory hungery application.
If i dont want things like this interfearing with stuff, jsut set them to start up with idle pritory in the registry. then if any thing else is running it will wait untill it has finished.
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PostPosted: 13:45 - 31 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

State your source for that particular fact... Explorer.exe on my work rig here is currently consuming 59Mb of ram, and that's on a setup with 2Gb of ram total.

https://marci.over-clock.com/proc.jpg

Everything running is essential for what I'm currently doing. If I need to free up ram / swap space, explorer is always the quick-ditch.
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PostPosted: 18:09 - 31 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

explorers ram useage depends on a number of thingss. It doesn't have a fixed ram useage so it's not uncommon for it to use a lot more than 6mb. It's also quite important for windows to run correctly so there is no need to kill it. Razz
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PostPosted: 18:12 - 31 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh and changing to the classic theme with all the eye candy off can also speed up your system a bit.

Right click on my computer, select properties, then select advanced, once in there it's under performance.

Choose "Adjust for best performance".

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PostPosted: 18:14 - 31 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

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It's also quite important for windows to run correctly so there is no need to kill it.


It really isn't... that's just a common misconception. It's the GUI frontend... the graphical shell so to speak if comparing to Linux systems. You can download a plethora of replacements online and ditch explorer.exe altogether as it's just the interface... everything functions fine without it, issuing commands manually via "run" from Task Manager... or via a replacement gui.

For instance, KDE for Linux/Unix is available as a replacement window-manager / shell to allow you to bin explorer... (see https://dot.kde.org/1006613254/1022183054/)
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PostPosted: 18:17 - 31 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

No shit. What i meant was that if a noob closes explorer then windows isn't going to work like normal. Yes all your other processes are still running but you cannot use the gui correctly until it is running again.

Yes you can get explorer replacments but i didn't even mention that so whatever.

No offence to the original poster but he didn't seem to know much about windows so i was simply telling him that he might as well leave explorer open despite what other people are telling him.
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PostPosted: 18:20 - 31 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Marci wrote:
For instance, KDE for Linux/Unix is available as a replacement window-manager / shell to allow you to bin explorer... (see https://dot.kde.org/1006613254/1022183054/)


Mate, you're taking the piss now, i don't even run windows, haven't done so for about 3 years and don't intend on doing so ever again.

One other thing, if you're trying to save on ram then what good is running KDE going to do?

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PostPosted: 18:22 - 31 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

If folks wanna manipulate running processes and services to find more performance, start off with BlackViper's guides (site down but guides posted all over the place... here for example...)
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PostPosted: 18:23 - 31 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

your all taking the piss Laughing

this was sorted days ago and the guy knew how he caused it and now knows how to fix it Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 18:24 - 31 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

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One other thing, if you're trying to save on ram then what good is running KDE going to do?


S'cuse me... never said it would, was just illustrating that explorer is far from a necessity for windows to run.

How am I taking the piss exactly? Twas just an example picked from a quick google search to highlight a point. I prefer to give accurate fact-based information rather than generalising thus resulting in misinformation - there's enough of that on the net already these days.
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PostPosted: 18:24 - 31 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

T1z3R wrote:
your all taking the piss Laughing :


<cockney voice>That's cos i'm a piss taking caaaaaannnnttttt</cockney voice>

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PostPosted: 22:01 - 31 Aug 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laughing

<sloth>Hey you guys!</sloth>

Am I now in a position to be able to help others with their PC's Laughing
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