Windows 10: Enable or Disable Launch Folder Windows in Separate Process in Windows

How to: Enable or Disable Launch Folder Windows in Separate Process in Windows

How to Enable or Disable Launch Folder Windows in a Separate Process in Windows


Each process running in Windows is assigned a unique decimal number called the process ID (PID) to identify an active process. This number is used to specify the process when for example attaching a debugger to it.

By default, all File Explorer windows, including the desktop shell, run in a single explorer.exe process. If one File Explorer window hangs or crashes, it will cause all File Explorer windows running in the same process to hang or crash until the process restarts.

You are able to use the Open in new process context menu to manually open folder windows (File Explorer) in a new process.

If you like, you can enable to launch folder windows in a separate process by default. This way each explorer.exe process will have its own process ID (PID) to improve stability of the explorer shell.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable to launch folder windows in a separate explorer process by default for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Enable or Disable Launch Folder Windows in a Separate Process in Folder Options
• Option Two: Enable or Disable Launch Folder Windows in a Separate Process using a REG file

EXAMPLE: Separate explorer.exe process (PID) for folder windows (File Explorer) in Task Manager









OPTION ONE [/i] Enable or Disable Launch Folder Windows in a Separate Process in Folder Options
1. Open Folder Options.

2. Click/tap on the View tab. (see screenshot below)

3. Check (enable) or uncheck (disable - default) Launch folder windows in a separate process under the Files and Folders settings for what you want, and click/tap on OK.









OPTION TWO [/i] Enable or Disable Launch Folder Windows in a Separate Process using a REG file

*note The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

SeparateProcess DWORD

0 = Disable
1 = Enable


1. Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Enable Launch Folder Windows in a Separate Process
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Enable_Launch_folder_windows_in_a_separate_process.reg

Download

3. To Disable Launch Folder Windows in a Separate Process
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Disable_Launch_folder_windows_in_a_separate_process.reg

Download

4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. sign in to apply.

8. You could now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Enable or Disable Launch Folder Windows in a Separate Process in Folder Options

This doesn't seem to work past two instances of explorer, I can open 4 or more even with shift+open in new process I still get only two explorer processes.
Window 10 1809.
My reg matches SeparateProcess enabled 1 too.

 

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Bull fucking shit.

 

When I open a folder, 2 new windows open.

Thank you for the update.

Check if the Launch folder windows in a separate process option is enabled:

• Open File Explorer.
• Click View.
• Click Options.
• Select Change folder and search options.
• On View tab, check or enable Launch folder windows in a separate process.
• Click on Apply to Folders.
• Click Apply, then OK.
• Restart your computer.

Get back to us if you need further assistance.

 

Windows Updates failed to instal

I'm not sure how differant XP media center Edition is but you could clear the history \ cache if these folders are there.

Step 1 Register DLL files.

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By trying this step, we can check if the update engines are working properly.



1. Close all instances of Internet Explorer.

2. Click Start and Run, type "Regsvr32 atl.dll" (without quotes) in the Open box and click OK.



Note: There is a space between regsvr32 and atl.dll



3. Similarly, one by one, register the files listed below:



Regsvr32 msxml3.dll

Regsvr32 wuapi.dll

Regsvr32 wuaueng.dll

Regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll

Regsvr32 wups2.dll

Regsvr32 wucltui.dll

Regsvr32 wups.dll

Regsvr32 wuweb.dll

Regsvr32 qmgr.dll

Regsvr32 qmgrprxy.dll

Regsvr32 jscript.dll



Note: If you encounter errors while registering any of these files then skip that file and continue with the next one.



If the issue persists, let's move on to the steps below to verify Windows Update services and temporary folders.



Step 2 Verify the relevant Windows Update services.

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1. Click Start->Run, type "services.msc" (without quotation marks) in the open box and click OK.

2. Double click the service "Automatic Updates".

3. Click on the Log On tab, please ensure the option "Local System account" is selected and the option "Allow service to interact with desktop" is unchecked.

4. Check if this service has been enabled on the listed Hardware Profile. If not, please click the Enable button to enable it.

5. Click on the tab "General "; make sure the "Startup Type" is "Automatic" or "Manual". Then please click the button "Stop" under "Service Status" to stop the service.

6. Then please click the button "Start" under "Service Status" to start the service.

7. Please repeat the above steps with the other services:



Background Intelligent Transfer Service

Event Log

Remote Procedure Call (RPC)



Note: Event log service is enabled on all of the hardware profiles; this service does not have an option to enable or disable on certain hardware profile.



If it still does not help, let's proceed to step 3.



Step 3 Reload the Update temporary folders.

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One possible cause is that the temporary folder for Windows Update is containing corrupted files. Let's erase all the files there to get the system clean.



1. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following command in the opened window.



Net stop WuAuServ



2. Click Start, Run, type: %windir% and press Enter.

3. In the opened folder, rename the folder SoftwareDistribution to Sdold.

4. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following command in the opened window.



Net start WuAuServ



Please test the Windows Update website and let me know the result. If the issue persists, to clarify the issue and provide more accurate troubleshooting steps, please assist me in collecting the following information.