Okay,I know I'm still a noob and I may be exaggerating a little bit,but I just mistakenly killed the explorer.exe process on my computer(it runs XP) and ran it again; and the results were quite frankly the same as when I reboot.Like my Norton virus program restart and everything goes fast all of a sudden.
Thanks for your expert answer.
2007-08-21 13:33:55 · 5 answers · asked by crazyfrog 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
It's not quite the same. Killing a single PROCESS (like Explorer.exe) is just stopping one piece of your computer.
There are other processes (Service Host, WinLogon, MDM, LSASS) that run even if you kill just one.
Rebooting forces ALL of those processes to begin anew, and also tells Windows to re-load any programs or processes that are scheduled to start when Windows does.
So while it may appear similar, there are subtle, unseen differences.
2007-08-21 13:41:48 · answer #1 · answered by Geoff Lilley 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Rebooting kills all services and applications refreshes the computer memory. Re-running explorer kills only the explorer.exe. Maybe your Norton just simply showed up and it probably didn't restart. Re-running will likely reduce the the memory usage of explorer since you restart all parts of explorer like windows, search tool, task bar, start menu and everything else, making it faster.
2007-08-21 21:02:43 · answer #2 · answered by drachirdrape 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,ending the explorer.exe process just reboots the "Shell"-the user interface ,for a genuine reboot you need to kill and restart the kernel (ntoskrnl.exe) and assorted services and processes.
I have seen occasions where killing and restarting explorer has helped in getting rid of applications that had frozen but really all that happens is that Windows just "redraws" the screen.
2007-08-21 21:00:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it is not.
It will not restart most services or applications. They will still be running and using the same memory.
2007-08-21 20:39:39 · answer #4 · answered by xhawkx 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no it is not. explorer is just a process.
2007-08-21 20:45:47 · answer #5 · answered by Jake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋