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Whenever you install a program or application,Windows will ask you to restart your computer in order for the program to work properly,right?
Restarting computer can be quite irritating and time-consuming sometimes.
However,you can imitate a system reboot by actually restarting the Windows Explorer shell and rereading the registry,which is what the program actually needs.
In order to do this,click Ctrl-Shift-Esc(or Ctrl-Alt-Del),then at the Process tab,find a process called 'explorer.exe',and end process it.
You'll notice that your Taskbar,and icons on the Desktop will disappear.
After that,go to the Applications tab,click New Task,and type 'explorer.exe',and that's it.
This actually makes Windows read the registry all over again,which is a substitute for the usually required restart after a new software installations are done.
You can type this command in CMD to kill off the 'explorer.exe' process too.
Vista : tskill /f /im explorer.exe
XP : tskill /a explorer.exe
Restart it by typing 'explorer.exe' in the same CMD window.
Hope this tips helps.
P.S If this works,and if you like it,will you please rep + me or give me a Thanks?
Restarting computer can be quite irritating and time-consuming sometimes.
However,you can imitate a system reboot by actually restarting the Windows Explorer shell and rereading the registry,which is what the program actually needs.
In order to do this,click Ctrl-Shift-Esc(or Ctrl-Alt-Del),then at the Process tab,find a process called 'explorer.exe',and end process it.
You'll notice that your Taskbar,and icons on the Desktop will disappear.
After that,go to the Applications tab,click New Task,and type 'explorer.exe',and that's it.
This actually makes Windows read the registry all over again,which is a substitute for the usually required restart after a new software installations are done.
You can type this command in CMD to kill off the 'explorer.exe' process too.
Vista : tskill /f /im explorer.exe
XP : tskill /a explorer.exe
Restart it by typing 'explorer.exe' in the same CMD window.
Hope this tips helps.
P.S If this works,and if you like it,will you please rep + me or give me a Thanks?