Turning off explorer.exe

**JeremyC** · 10-27-2006, 12:12 PM

How many of you guys do this? I just recently started to do it when I play games like COD and Quake 4 and they seem to run way better.

ebackhus · 10-27-2006, 12:28 PM

You mean turning off the shell? Never tried it. A friend of mine has suggested alternative shells which would devolvle into us arguing over who had the smallest memory footprint...

AcidTrip · 11-11-2006, 02:51 PM

How do i turn off the explorer.exe

becasue my games are very slow

ebackhus · 11-14-2006, 12:33 PM

Ctrl-alt-del and go to the Processes tab. Find explorer.exe and end task it.

iceyice · 11-14-2006, 06:41 PM

Thats a good idea, I've never thought of trying it. Make sure when your done you start a new task "explorer.exe" in the previous tab.

**scottydont2841** · 11-16-2006, 10:50 AM

isnt it a bit dodgy playin with explorer.exe

10-27-2006, 12:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
JeremyC Resident Alchemist Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,148 OS: SuSE 10.0/XP Pro	Turning off explorer.exe How many of you guys do this? I just recently started to do it when I play games like COD and Quake 4 and they seem to run way better.

11-14-2006, 12:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,307 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Ctrl-alt-del and go to the Processes tab. Find explorer.exe and end task it. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

11-16-2006, 10:50 AM	#6 (permalink)
scottydont2841 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bristol, England, UK. Posts: 1,228 OS: Vista Home Premium My System	isnt it a bit dodgy playin with explorer.exe __________________ Please use the search function of the website before asking questions, as we may already have answered them. Everest FREE Edition AVG FREE Edition

10-27-2006, 12:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,307 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	You mean turning off the shell? Never tried it. A friend of mine has suggested alternative shells which would devolvle into us arguing over who had the smallest memory footprint...

11-11-2006, 02:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
AcidTrip Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 4 OS: XP	How do i turn off the explorer.exe becasue my games are very slow

11-14-2006, 06:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
iceyice Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 10 OS: XP	Thats a good idea, I've never thought of trying it. Make sure when your done you start a new task "explorer.exe" in the previous tab.