Relaunching the Windows Shell. HELP!!

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Blaumann

For some reason explorer has crashed. This crash took down not only all the
open Windows Explorer windows, but also the Shell. When I try to relaunch
Explorer.exe (in the hopes of getting my shell back) all that opens is
Windows Explorer, not the shell.

How do I get the shell back?

Thanks for you help, drinks all around!!
 
Blaumann said:
For some reason explorer has crashed. This crash took down not only all the
open Windows Explorer windows, but also the Shell. When I try to relaunch
Explorer.exe (in the hopes of getting my shell back) all that opens is
Windows Explorer, not the shell.

How do I get the shell back?

Thanks for you help, drinks all around!!
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Reboot?
 
Blaumann said:
For some reason explorer has crashed. This crash took down not only all the
open Windows Explorer windows, but also the Shell. When I try to relaunch
Explorer.exe (in the hopes of getting my shell back) all that opens is
Windows Explorer, not the shell.

How do I get the shell back?
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Launch it from Task Manager (hit CTL-ALT-DEL) use its File - Task task
to launch explorer.exe

Explorer *is* the shell. You were probably launching an instance
'under' the shell as done from the Start menu entry
 

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