Windows 10: Is it possible to make a shortcut that restarts a program?

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  1. SEC07
    SEC07 Win User

    Is it possible to make a shortcut that restarts a program?


    Short version: Can I make a shortcut that restarts a program?

    Long version: I absolutely love Windows 10 and am so glad I upgraded! The only bad thing about it that I can find so far is that every once in a while the start menu and Cortana will stop working. Well, I did some research and found out that if you go into the task manager and restart "explorer.exe" that it reloads the start menu and Cortana so I tried it and it worked! The only problem now is that I don't want to have to go into the task manager and restart explorer.exe every time so I was wondering... is it possible to make a shortcut that restarts explorer.exe?

    Thanks!

    :)
     
    SEC07, Sep 17, 2015
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  2. M4E_TEAM_K
    m4e_team_k Win User

    E71 : Is it possible to make a shortcut to the mail for exchange inbox?

    On Eseries device you can assign the Mailbox key to this MfE Inbox.

    However, most Nseries devices do not have such a key.
     
    m4e_team_k, Sep 17, 2015
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  3. GDIGENIS
    gdigenis Win User
    E71 : Is it possible to make a shortcut to the mail for exchange inbox?

    you have to make m4e your default email app. open the messaging app, options, settings, email, set default email acct to m4e.
     
    gdigenis, Sep 17, 2015
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  4. HTCONEM9USER
    hTconeM9user Win User

    Is it possible to make a shortcut that restarts a program?

    Why don't you do what I did and I posted about it put the programs you want straight into the Favourites bar and then click straight into them.
    Look at my post Edge Browser

    Edge Browser - Windows 10 Forums
     
    hTconeM9user, Sep 17, 2015
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  5. WHYME
    WhyMe Win User
    WhyMe, Sep 17, 2015
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  6. LX07
    lx07 Win User
    Whatever you do don't use a script to restart explorer.exe and right click and run it as Admin. It messes up all your permissions.

    Anyway this powershell will stop (and restart) explorer.exe: stop-process -processname explorer
     
    lx07, Sep 17, 2015
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  7. LMILLER7
    LMiller7 Win User
    By default a process will run with the rights and permissions of the process that started it and almost everything you run will be directly or indirectly started by explorer.exe. That would be convenient, but not very secure. That is why the warning.
     
    LMiller7, Sep 18, 2015
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  8. XWEAPONX
    XweAponX Win User

    Is it possible to make a shortcut that restarts a program?

    Read this: I set up a toggle to start/stop airprint. a couple of good solutions in there, Batch file are still useful!
     
    XweAponX, Sep 18, 2015
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  9. CAPERJACK
    caperjack Win User
    makes me wonder ,, if explorer.exe is not working how you gona run the batch file or what ever you create ...

    seems to me you need to try and fix what ever is causing explorer to crash..
    maybe start with opening a admin command prompt and typing in , sfc /scannow to see if it finds any thing
     
    caperjack, Sep 18, 2015
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  10. WHYME
    WhyMe Win User
    Yes indeed. The problem won't go away by just treating the symptom
     
    WhyMe, Sep 18, 2015
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  11. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Brink, Sep 18, 2015
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  12. SEC07
    SEC07 Win User
    The start menu and Cortana not working seems to be a common problem. Everything else is working fine. Any idea what could be wrong?
     
    SEC07, Sep 19, 2015
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  13. XWEAPONX
    XweAponX Win User

    Is it possible to make a shortcut that restarts a program?

    Check in your event log under "system" and see if it is logging the Explorer crash, it may give the reason there. But Brink's tweak may help until the reason can be found. It's hard to guess what's causing it without any error logs, there usually is an entry for these problems.
     
    XweAponX, Sep 19, 2015
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  14. CAPERJACK
    caperjack Win User
    actually i think we are miss reading the first post and what they are saying happens ,,, cortana and search stop working ,not explorer.exe ,, it just says that a restart of explorer fixes(and that makes sense ) the search and cortana issue
     
    caperjack, Sep 19, 2015
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  15. SEC07
    SEC07 Win User
    That's exactly what's happening.
     
    SEC07, Sep 19, 2015
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