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Discus and support Windows 10 Without explorer.exe in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; I am in the process of making my Windows 10 installation go a bit lighter on system resources and I wish to switch to a more keyboard dependent... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/sabrtorte, Feb 8, 2021.

  1. Windows 10 Without explorer.exe


    I am in the process of making my Windows 10 installation go a bit lighter on system resources and I wish to switch to a more keyboard dependent workflow, so I want to disable explorer.exe.

    • I am using PowerToys Run to run any applications and I am also using either Everything or Indexer++ to search for files and opening them, so I do not need Windows search at all.
    • I use PowerToys FancyZones as a tiled window manager, so I don't need any of explorer.exe's functionalities that have to do with organizing windows.

    I have a few problems with it however:

    When I kill explorer.exe, I am unable to change the volume (I need to be able to change both the master volume (function keys) and the volumes of individual apps. I normally use EarTrumpet to change volumes individually per app basis but it is a Windows app, which depends on explorer.exe. Often times I find PowerPlanSwitcher quite useful as I am using a laptop but it also is a Windows app just like EarTrumpet; though I already wrote scripts that change the power plan, so I can simply use them if there are no alternatives.

    As taskbar is a component of Windows Explorer, I also cannot see battery percentage and time information.

    I need help finding lightweight alternatives that does what these apps do but without explorer.exe.

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    :)
     
    /u/sabrtorte, Feb 8, 2021
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  2. Ahhzz Win User

    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.
     
    Ahhzz, Feb 8, 2021
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  3. mixa Win User
    Microsoft Internet Explorer renamed to Windows Internet Explorer ?

    Windows 10 Without explorer.exe wie1.png


    Since version 7 of the world`s most popular web browser - Microsoft Internet Explorer was silently renamed to Windows Internet Explorer.Such a step from Microsoft is not a surprise since Internet Explorer is part of the Windows operation system for a long time.Obviously Microsoft corp. wants to state that Internet Explorer is already considered as a part of Windows and not as an external browser (remember the IE and WMP law issues last year!?).
     
    mixa, Feb 8, 2021
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  4. Windows 10 Without explorer.exe

    Windows Explorer Replacement?

    are you running IE7? if not that wouold be my first suggestion,upgrade to ie7 that can fix some stability issues with windows explorer
     
    Athlon2K15, Feb 8, 2021
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