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    Windows VS Linux (part 2) (lemmy.world)
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    [–] dabster291 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    I think pickles got confused from the fact that task manager (afaik) forces you to restart explorer if you try to kill it from there. If you taskkill /f /im it to death, then it stays dead.

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    I killed it from task manager though.

    "End task"

    [–] dabster291 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

    Wacky, I remember the metro (windows 8 - 10) task manager forcing you to restart it.

    Edit: Just checked the Windows 11 task manager, the Apps view's 'End Task' button turns into a 'Restart' button when Explorer is selected (but the context menu option to end it stays).

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

    task manager forcing you to restart it.

    That I can believe... The "Restart" option is just a taskkill and re-run the process. But that's not "Explorer restarting itself", that's task manager restarting it for you under one specific, but probably the most common scenario.