• AutoRestartShell And Windows

    Nirmal Sharma Posted On January 10, 2010
    0
    1 Views


    Windows Desktop Shell (Explorer.exe) may stop unexpectedly due to some reasons. If it stops unexpectedly then the shell must be restarted. The Windows XP and later operating systems leverages a registry entry which enables system to restart the Explorer.exe shell automatically.

    • KEY Name: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon
    • Entry Name: AutoRestartShell
    • Type: REG_DWORD
    • Value: 1 (1=enabled, 0=disabled)

    The default value of this is 1=enabled.

    Post Views: 1,457

    Read Next



    Home » Networking » AutoRestartShell And Windows

    Author

    Nirmal Sharma

    Nirmal Sharma is a MCSEx3, MCITP and was awarded the Microsoft MVP award in Directory Services and Windows Networking. He specializes in Microsoft Azure, Office 365, Directory Services, Failover Clusters, Hyper-V, PowerShell Scripting and System Center products. Nirmal has been involved with Microsoft Technologies since 1994. In his spare time, he likes to help others and share some of his knowledge by writing tips and articles on various sites.




    Leave A Reply

    Leave a Reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    • Featured Product

    • Join Our Newsletter

      Learn about the latest security threats, system optimization tricks, and the hottest new technologies in the industry.

      Over 1,000,000 fellow IT Pros are already on-board, don't be left out!

    • Latest Podcast

    • Featured Freeware

    • Recommended

    • Follow Us


    You are reading
    AutoRestartShell And Windows
    Share No Comment