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Asked: 2026-06-08T10:32:59+00:00

I play some older games that require ending the process explorer.exe . This is

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I play some older games that require ending the process explorer.exe. This is fine, except I want a way to start explorer.exe back up when I am done playing. I thought to use this:

^#e::
    Run, explorer.exe
    Return

The weird thing is that when I run this, it opens one window in the “Libraries”. However, when I open the task manager and Start new process --> explorer.exe, then everything comes back (desktop, taskbar, all of it).

Why does autohotkey’s run, explorer.exe not do the same thing? How can I make it start explorer.exe so I get everything back, like I did with the task manager?

UPDATE: The solution is to put %windir%\explorer.exe. This is my final code, and it works properly. 

#e::
    Run, %windir%\explorer.exe
    Return
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  1. Editorial Team

    Did you try running it using start.exe? i.e. Run, start explorer.exe

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