What happens if you end explorer.exe in different versions of Windows?

[@CuteePieTheVideoEditor2021]

someone stole your video pls check

[@World_of_OSes]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJa9mmtjippoe7M

[@AllOSes1234]

@@World_of_OSesyup completely stolen q

[@쉬릿-0_o]

xx

[@World_of_OSes]

If you accidentally ended explorer.exe and don't know how to fix it, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, then click 'Task Manager', then 'File', then 'Run new task', then type 'explorer', then click 'OK'.

[@stephenb.8381]

Due to Windows just running on top of DOS, it isn't very surprising that it won't allow you to kill the explorer process in Windows 9x. The same behavior seems to be present on earlier versions (tested on Windows 3.10 with Massimiliano Leo's Advances Task Manager) when you kill it's equivalent progman.exe. It would be interesting to see how NT versions (2000 and earlier NT-OSes) would behave, as they came out parallel to the showcased DOS based Windows versions. 👍 On Windows 95, I was able to kill the explorer process by attaching a debugger. It seems to have fallen into DOS mode, however, somehow the VGA driver out...

[@mehdinecef]

What about Russian? My computer is Russian, so i dont know what to do

[@World_of_OSes]

@@mehdinecef Если вы случайно завершили explorer.exe и не знаете, как это исправить, нажмите Ctrl + Alt + Delete, затем нажмите «Диспетчер задач», затем «Файл», затем «Запустить новую задачу», затем введите «проводник», затем нажмите "ОК".

[@Victor_TheProGamer]

It's work too with Ctrl+Shift+Esc, to open task manager.

[@shaimanoorzai9161]

what about fixing metro app in windows 8.1 like u used (metro clock metro calculator)

[@A-Random-Guy]

It's funny how ending / restarting explorer.exe fixes a lot of problems especially in windows 11 (currently)

[@sunnyegg9887]

I think I have an idea why

[@tredI9100]

@@sunnyegg9887The Windows 11 explorer is just riddled with glitches

[@TheAmazingBoy69]

nope its better than older version, and UI is 100000% good than windows 10, ah man win10 crap @@tredI9100

[@thinhbui4182]

Yeah, would rather use phoqued (cr4Cl

[@ducksongfans]

Fr in widniws 10 it fixed the task bar stik being there is Fullscreen

[@lulz_wav]

I actually do close explorer.exe when I'm running processes that require too many resources, it won't save much, but it helps.

[@chromegism]

You belong in an asylum

[@IrisGalaxis]

Up until a few years ago when I bought a decent computer, I had a 4GB RAM Win10 laptop which I always used with explorer off just to conserve as much RAM as possible and make it at least a bit faster. I used CMD for everything. I made a custom prompt in CMD which showed me the date and time. When I really needed an explorer window, I had a trick: start control.exe (Control Panel) and then just type in the path for whatever folder I needed in the address bar of that window. That'd bring up an explorer window without starting the taskbar and desktop, which would have taken ages to load.

[@KiraYoshikage-oy9rb]

i still have a laptop like that and am using right now 💀

[@remymario]

LMFAO do you recommend this? like, was the RAM conserved worth the inconvenience? my win10 6GB ram laptop’s RAM is constantly taken up by just firefox, i wouldn’t need the date and time custom prompt because i use a desktop at the same time

[@BGFutureBG]

my man used Linux without using Linux

[@ibnu7942]

​@@BGFutureBGwindowless Windows

[@coolgameriguess]

For anyone wondering, the date and time in CMD command is: prompt $d $b $t $b $p $g

[@thepersonandtheguy]

never in my life would i have the balls to stop literally any windows background task with task manager

[@lolase13]

Same

[@Waffle0.]

This is the only pin i literally love

[@thestupidguy12345]

bros still alive after 2 years

[@user-tt4pb1nn2f]

I always do this because I have 4 gigs of RAM and I'm on windows 11 Where are a lot of useless system processes that I kill

[@Solent19]

D O I T! :)

[@World_of_OSes]

I didn't do Windows 11 in this video because Windows 11 wasn't released at the time of making this video. I have since done Windows 11 in a different video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4aUZ42Kh6-CgM0

[@1MercuryOxide1]

Okay👍

[@Syvarnal]

Oh k

[@sillyborja]

do people really not know how to check upload dates

[@World_of_OSes]

@@sillyborja If you sort the comments by newest first, there are loads of people asking about Windows 11.

[@17yzx]

lol@bad_piggies_glitch_be_like

[@thiemnguyen705]

0:00 Title 0:05 Windows 95, 98, ME 0:24 Windows XP 1:57 Windows Vista(Aero) 4:08 Windows 7(Aero) 5:29 Windows 8.1(Aero) 11:28 Windows 10[21h2] 13:49 End screen

[@angelcaru]

9:50 I guess you could say that... slipped through the cracks

[@morocconatoad]

ba dum tss

[@Cjnator38]

ba dum 🗿

[@αβγδε]

What is the difference between Windows 7 and Windows Vista?

[@barry7235]

vista is older ig

[@NotRealChatGPT]

@@αβγδεvista and 7 are two different os's

[@MUSiCK9]

I always ended explorer.exe for that extra fps for my older laptop, always helped a tiny bit.

[@MUSiCK9]

@radishcatish Remember to keep something like task manager up so you can actually open up programs! ..What PC are you running anyway? Laptops back then were terrible due to most of them having no dGPU and only having iGPU which at the time. Were just not made to play games.

[@NekoSam395]

In Windows 11, with StartAllBack activated, something weird happenned - The wallpaper will changes into your accent color that you used before (for me, brown) - The minimized window is messed, maybe because it has rounded corners - Animation, mica, etc still works - Same as another systems, classic Alt + Tab dialog will apprears if you pressed that button

[@bloro6389]

I tried it out, on NT 4.0, it the same as Vista; minimising programs makes them end up as small ribbons where the taskbar usually would be, and on 2000, it's the same as with XP, but the desktop background disappears and reverts to the colour you specified for it.

[@samstfsaviation_331]

yeah because they're NT i guess

[@nelsonnimo511]

​@@samstfsaviation_3318887

[@mxaa9776]

I actually knew what would happen with windows 10 cuz i accidentally did it while ending background tasks to free up memory. Luckily it wasn't that hard to fix, just open cmd with a shortcut and start explorer from there.

[@backhdlp]

I wonder what led Microsoft to think that making the process for the desktop shell and the process for the file explorer the same was a good idea.

[@gteixeira]

Because most components are shared so even multiple explorer.exe plus the shell instances all share the same memory for common components, thus saving memory.

[@backhdlp]

@@gteixeira how tf does a shell share so many components with a file manager?

[@tails1154]

Real

[@ArtKater]

i personally think that ending explorer.exe is a decent way to refresh windows interfaces in case they froze

[@donnyyulianto5459]

Well mine is refresh i use windows 10

[@mrglennquaqmire89.]

yes

[@GoodGuySemi]

I actually once closed it not knowing what it was, and had to find a way to manually start it again, which is probably easier to all of you than I make it out to be, but you all are also maybe 100 times more knowledgable of this stuff.

[@pmcpicto]

Incorrect. I am not more knowledgeable

[@卛]

It's okay. You could've just restarted the PC.

[@PronunciationPam-ho3bu]

I did the same but instead just restarted the laptop

[@dedogamer]

u skiped win 8 and went straght to 8.1 try again

[@Machinechain446]

Isn’t that the same? But just modified to have the start button

[@exiavaganza]

pin of shame

[@AlexOop2013]

Sad pin of shame

[@dedogamer]

​@@Machinechain446 theres more settings that been changed and because of that may act different

[@dedogamer]

@@exiavaganza ​ @JimGreen-bg3ix theres more settings that been changed and because of that may act different - what i commented is not a pin of shame

[@superNova5837]

i actually knew about the classic alt tab menu mainly because windows 10 broke so it was in certain places giving the 8.1 gray theme Locking and unlocking the device gives you the light blue version

[@LetGoMyLegosTyler]

windows 10 is so broken

[@World_of_OSes]

You can get the classic Alt+Tab switcher anytime you want without ending explorer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hobVlYmnrbunas0

[@thnx_cul8ter360]

@@LetGoMyLegosTyler still better than 11

[@KbluebrryRoblox]

Windows 8.1 has the most strangest behaviour when we end explorer.exe by far

[@graczzpolski_Official]

My best music in 5:03

[@skolitor]

when I wanted to play a heavier game on my old computer, I opened it and just left the task manager open, and closed the explorer, so I could have more ram dedicated to the game.

[@SOTP.]

Never thought killing explorer could make a video like this. Pretty cool.

[@thiemnguyen705]

WHAT

[@thiemnguyen705]

LONGHORN lol EXPLORER

[@thiemnguyen705]

If you talk to dwm

[@Garwinium]

Windows 8 was truly one of the operating systems of all time

[@MinhLe-jy2mv]

So the explorer.exe is like a built-in program to show up icon and taskbar for easy access Kinda like old windows

[@World_of_OSes]

This video doesn't show Windows 11 because Windows 11 was not released at the time of upload. Here is a video showing what happens if you end explorer.exe in Windows 11: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4aUZ42Kh6-CgM0

[@MirkoMazzoni2000]

Explorer.exe fact: If you run explorer.exe (meaning starting a new process) while explorer.exe is running (ot sometimes because of a failure that I still can't explain) it opens the Documents (or whatever is opened) 📂 (at least in XP but idk if this applies to other OSes)

[@braulioxdp]

Porque de echo son el mismo programa

[@Sparkette]

Explorer.exe actually has an undocumented quit function built into the shutdown dialog. Try pressing Cancel on that dialog while holding down Ctrl, Alt, and Shift.

[@FatheredPuma81]

I use to do this back in the day with a game booster. 12MB of RAM was huge when you only had 512MB.

[@World_of_OSes]

What OS?

[@FatheredPuma81]

@@World_of_OSes XP of course.

[@rafaelbluestacks3561]

When you end Explorer on modern versions of Windows like 8,10 or 11 taskbar icons and homescreen wallpaper ALL of them dissapear the wallpaper is changed to the asset color of your preference

[@naterhythm]

song at 7:26 ?

[@World_of_OSes]

Kevin MacLeod - Delightful D

[@naterhythm]

@@World_of_OSes Thanks!

[@syst3mwolf]

I miss Win 7. It was my favorite.

[@stephvp2102]

FAX

[@Nikooo4ka]

Im on windows 7

[@Phone.Gamer.Nexus0]

M too

[@syst3mwolf]

@@Nikooo4ka lucky you

[@LetGoMyLegosTyler]

same :(

[@gogogamedev]

One time my computer's File Exploerer was corrupted, so when it started it looked like that. (Black background, no desktop, no taskbar) I had to reinstall windows from a USB to fix it.

[@flormilone]

In ANY VERSION of Windows, you can close explorer.exe from the task manager and start a new task with the same name, it's a quick restart when your memory it's "tired". You're welcome.

[@shaggy-2]

9:46 Wow that timer really looks like squid game

[@vidakk406]

I knew this without trying, i just understand how windows works, especially Windows 8.1 and i love ur channel

[@GarretTheCarrot56]

Cody Can't Eat This Confirmed

[@gapp8163]

When explorer was never run since the system logon (possible if the Shell value in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WWindows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon (if I remember correctly) is not set to explorer.exe), windows maximize to the entire screen, even covering the gap where the taskbar would be. You can also drag the window past the gap. Also in Windows Vista and 7 there is no background but the "Desktop color" is still shown (you can set by clicking on "window color" at the bottom of the Personalization menu when Aero theme is not enabled, and select "Desktop" in the first drop-down menu). Also Windows 8.1 will show a black background instead of the accent color, I believe.

[@World_of_OSes]

I did that in a different video by renaming explorer.exe: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZLRdaBqm5eAmZI

[@mindfuzz9999]

i liked the attention to detail in this video! i clicked to find out what it would do in windows 9x, as all NT versions have a similar shell. didn't expect to actually learn anything about every major NT version LOL i found it interesting how the desktop background stopped staying around once 8.1 (and by extension 8) hit. i guess the shell was either refactored or completely rewritten for the start screen. also didn't know there was a difference between metro apps and UWP apps - thought they were all just UWP. is windows 10 backwards compatible with metro apps (and is win8 somehow forwards compatible with UWP? assuming they're built on the same foundations)?

[@Cyberfishofant]

now i want answers

[@killuad0]

@@Cyberfishofant looks like you will never have or gonna take a long time

[@Cyberfishofant]

difference between metro and UWP seems to be - UWP is able to use the same code for phones and pc - UWP supports more win32 apis - UWP has native code support

[@killuad0]

@@Cyberfishofant makes sense

[@Victor_TheProGamer]

explorer.exe: Run it back! **runs** it's fixed now!

[@Sanker1]

This is actually a good tip for potatoe pcs, just open your game and end explorer, when you are done just re-open explorer

[@elijahtorres2688]

Vista brings back some Windows Chicago (Windows 95 Beta) vibes with the minimized programs turning into little bars like in Chicago (Build 73)!!!

[@Andrecio64]

Some big, corrupt or damaged programs or archives does crash Explorer.exe, but it's easy to put it back on via Task manager.

[@amitzy_anims]

Did this by accident recently cuz file explorer was lagging lmao

[@Incognito-pk2ct]

When I minimise Google Chrome with killed explorer, strange thing happen

[@arjumanbanu7019]

like?

[@maxwellcatlol]

I am know who you

[@blueberrycmd]

yeah that is

[@World_of_OSes]

@@arjumanbanu7019 Try it and see

[@mehdinecef]

Windows 2000 be like: WHY AM I NOT INTRODUCED?

[@cherrycolareal]

:squish:

[@World_of_OSes]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZLRdaBqm5eAmZI

[@_GhostMiner]

I still don't understand why Micro$oft decided to make the wallpaper dissapear on Windows 8+

[@World_of_OSes]

Probably something to do with adding the Metro UI.

[@russianyoutube]

I don't think they control that

[@_GhostMiner]

@@russianyoutube obviously they can. They develop the os!,

[@chexo3]

You should try writing a program that just kills explorer on 95/98/ME to get around the check that opens the shutdown dialog

[@World_of_OSes]

That would be interesting...

[@anywaytechreview]

if your turn off explorer.exe on windows 10 and windows 11, it automatically restored or aleast it restarted taskbar on its own within few seconds

[@World_of_OSes]

What did you think of the music?

[@kunfunkshunazia81]

yes

[@sierra825]

it was fine, but a bit too intense for my ears lol

[@laimons43]

goof

[@ultimateloser6556]

Reminds me of undertale sans

[@zuchell]

ok

[@TheAmazingBoy69]

I did in windows 11, It does nothing or the screen will be turned off for a sec and starts again. After newer updates in windows 11 (new patchs), there is only restart button instead of end task button only for windows expolrer.

[@darkfrozen1860]

First interacted with explorer.exe when my aoe II the forgotten won't run on aero windows 7 so have to kill explorer task to run it in the normal colors. Great video btw satisfying 😁😁

[@innerdiscarchive]

What happens if you end explorer.exe in Windows 10 but in tablet mode?

[@coolplayer404]

you also cannot Turn up the volume when explorer.exe is end task.

[@minecraftian_5b]

There is a chance of getting explorer ended after you open your pc, this happened to me and it was horrible lol

[@slicerthe84th]

FUN FACT: you can run explorer acciosated programs with explorer.exe ended (with command prompt in task manager)

[@superjd44]

i once ran file explorer with explorer stopped

[@rafaelryan2]

0:31 i thought the cursor was an ant on my phone screen

[@addo9697]

i used to do this at school and trigger my classmates cuz they didnt know how to put back the taskbar in its place

[@TheShowest]

I remember shutting the file explorer to save some ram, but ended up crashing my pc 💀

[@lukandrate9866]

I installed process hacker and accidentally suspended explorer.exe, everything was just frozen

[@aaghshshshs]

if you end exploler.exe on your friends pc,they will panic so much if they don't know how to bring it back

[@DohiMissed344]

those mini bars from windows vista and 7 remind me of those toolbars fron windows 3.1

[@StickRV]

I used this tactic on my old laptop, it reduces a bit of cpu usage

[@LazyTechNerdCG]

I am actually wondering.. Where do you get all of your virtual machines, if they are? I'm really fascinated by this kind of stuff, and I want to complete my OS collection in VirtualBox. I await your response. Also, keep up the great videos! :)

[@World_of_OSes]

Windows 10 and 11 you can download from Microsoft's website: www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/ Operating systems older than Windows XP you can get from WinWorld: winworldpc.com/library/operating-systems The rest you can get from Get Into PC: getintopc.com/softwares/operating-systems/

[@LazyTechNerdCG]

@@World_of_OSes Thank you so much! I have most OSes that you also have, but some do not work right, or at all. Again, thank you so much, and keep up the great work! :D

[@teamok1025]

@@World_of_OSes i remember winworldpc

[@LazyTechNerdCG]

@@buizelmeme6288 I did, but I can’t get VMware tools to install in windows 7.

[@buizelmeme6288]

@@LazyTechNerdCG oof, I feel that pain

[@MSTendo64]

UWP = Universal Windows Platform

[@FoxDavoid]

Wait, I use Linux, why am I watching this? Xd (Good video, bro).

[@shortcat]

Windows 11: You are able to play Forza Horizon games without crashes.

[@World_of_OSes]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4aUZ42Kh6-CgM0

[@RiotFury]

i remember ending explorer when it froze and couldnt close and being scared because i suddenly couldnt see anything on my windows 10

[@alimprolegend]

Your channel its so underrated if we talk about subs

[@Odswietny]

I used Winaero Tweaker to add the "Restart Explorer" option to the desktop context menu.

[@cellphone861]

I love how it presented disappeared icons

[@kxtz0]

On Windows 11(maybe 10 as well) if you end dwm.exe you get aero (edit: aero basic ty world of oses for the correction) back for a few seconds

[@World_of_OSes]

Aero Basic, not Aero glass.

[@waseemaqrab8872]

Windows 8.1 was one of the best windows versions of all time

[@Diecidiez]

5:31

[@FriskGamer1]

Windows 7.

[@hello-fc2jf]

real if you like metro apps

[@SonikPixelz901]

Win7

[@Turtoile41]

Win 7

[@fitmotheyap]

I wonder why in newer windows things depend on so much other things

[@JuBa012]

I knew about the classic alt tab switcher, because there is a registry tweak that always enables classic Alt Tab.

[@youtuber269]

I have classic alt+tab but I use winaerotweaker

[@JuBa012]

@@youtuber269 Doesn't Winaerotweaker activate that registry tweak?

[@World_of_OSes]

You can also get the classic Alt+Tab switcher by pressing L-Alt + R-Alt + Tab.

[@JuBa012]

@@World_of_OSes Didn't know that

[@FortniteGamerOfficial]

In Windows 10 White Coloured Taskbar,when you end explorer.exe,the apps and taskbar disappear but the background goes white

[@innerdiscarchive]

What happens if you end explorer.exe while in Tablet Mode?

[@haijehiemstra2883]

Win95/98/me having the shutdown menu open up is probably a remenant off win1/2/3, As in those versions, To end you're windows session you had to close explorer or something, which would make sense to why its bringing up the shutdown menu in 9x versions, Probably a leftover from the older versions, Due to 95 being based off 3.1/3.11, which still has code for checking wether explorer.exe is trying to close (Which in 3 it would ask to confirm), Probably from my guess is that they changed the confirmation window into the shutdown menu, And used a hacky way off triggering it (Ending explorer.exe).

[@weppoaffiliated]

-8:41 Is that an OSFirstTimer feature? (Look around the desktop.)

[@World_of_OSes]

I think you got the wrong timestamp.

[@weppoaffiliated]

@@World_of_OSes Yeah it would not do the -'s.

[@World_of_OSes]

4:12

[@subhikshajayasree1126]

Thanks lifesaver ✨

[@YomActual]

Never thought about the File Explorer task shutdown, but somehow though about the This PC task shutdown...

[@stefvnx]

stefan!

[@RedFace0101]

yes

[@teamok1025]

Wot

[@vladtc5264]

yes

[@_Varied_]

sUs

[@Lyothere]

?_?

[@kevinn7.]

Your Channel is Good, Talking About Brazil

[@V530-15ICR]

On windows10 if you have enable show accent color on taskbar startmenu and action center it will show that color instead of black but if you change the setting while explorer is not running it won't update

[@World_of_OSes]

If the taskbar and start menu is set to light mode, ending explorer makes the background go white.

[@randomgamer6290]

@@World_of_OSes Is that even safe for your eyes?

[@World_of_OSes]

@@randomgamer6290 Depends on your screen brightness relative to the ambient light in the room.

[@World_of_OSes]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4aUZ42Kh6-CgM0

[@Odswietny]

​@@World_of_OSesCan you imagine this situation: You're using Windows 10 computer at night with light theme at maximum brightness, but you set the appearance of the app that you're using to dark. Then somehow explorer ends, program minimizes and you're greeted with a solid white background at max brightness. Wouldn't that hurt your eyes at least a bit?

[@SarakVongveha-ef9re]

Black Screen 11:44

[@lelocraft1361]

I made the file explorer stop by mistake in windows 11 it gives a white screen

[@BloodyDagger24Official]

What happens if you try to save a notepad file when explorer isnt running?

[@World_of_OSes]

The Save As dialogue still comes up normally, I don't think that even runs under Explorer.

[@hodayfa000h]

@@World_of_OSes it doesn't I opened notepad in recovery repair and it is a separate process from explorer.exe

[@ArtieRaccoonReviews]

So we're just gonna skip Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000? That's lame.

[@World_of_OSes]

I didn't include any NT versions prior to XP.

[@ArtieRaccoonReviews]

@@World_of_OSes Why?

[@World_of_OSes]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZLRdaBqm5eAmZI

[@rainflarexx]

This channel is underrated!

[@codfish1113]

when I was little there was a bug that hit my netbook that caused explorer to not load and i thought Windows broke, until I learned CTRL+SHIFT+ESC and the Run dialog box, with the feeling of being a pro hacker being present (i was 9 at the time)

[@TheAdministeredAero]

I did that in school, no one really saw me do that but it was out of curiosity

[@scythal]

I tried it with my Windows 10... it seems that File Explorer stays open, and you're unable to start UWP apps like Calculator and Settings!

[@josheco4]

i recently accidentally ended windows explorer in task manager instead of google chrome and gave me a heart attack

[@salsabilaadinda5868]

hey my laptop found threats, and need restart, but my windows update need restart too, if i click the restart to make the threats gone, did the laptop will windows update?

[@salsabilaadinda5868]

@AZ Entertainment ur too late, my laptop already broken now:(

[@iluvskele]

Sheesh 7:23 deluge drop music

[@jessemiller2335]

i remember sometimes on vista explorer.exe would straight up be deleted on some installations, unsure why. probably infected on those installations without notice cuz i was kind of an idiot as a kid unless vista just did weird stuff like that as well

[@samstfsaviation_331]

1:57 - 4:08 Windows vista and 7 secrets are now leaked🤣

[@nerddd701]

Its not secret

[@_Gusza]

imagine if he use real one, not virtual machine edit: I'm tried to talk about how he is going to get the os in the first place if he did it with real pc

[@reneablackheart9563]

I did it once because my taskbar froze on windows 10, nothing bad happened it just freaked me out a little for a second

[@dagreatest_live673]

I once deleted explorer.exe by mistake

[@Odswietny]

Then you're screwed.

[@stikkle2023]

One day I deleted System32 (real)

[@tiagovsky2014]

DONT DELETE IT, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT

[@farp3]

4:24 never seen this feature, how you did that?

[@22_0h4]

windows + tab

[@farp3]

@@22_0h4 😳😳😳wow thanks

[@World_of_OSes]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqvZdmStgbSLe7M