explorer.exe

It likes crashing on you.

Terry's computer desktop crashed. And since he didn't know how to kill and restart explorer.exe with the task manager, he had to reboot his computer

by inquilinekea December 3, 2009

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe

You want to troll your friend, but you aren't a tech-nerd, so that's what you do.

Me: Windows + R
Me: (type) cmd
Me: Ctrl + Shift + Enter
Me: taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
Friend: Hey...why is my screen black......

by Starry Evia October 28, 2025