Release the Ctrl and Shift keys, and click on Exit Explorer in the contextual menu. Press and hold Ctrl + Shift, and right-click on the Taskbar. To do so, you need to first stop the explorer.exe process from the Taskbar:
Last, but certainly not the least, a Windows 10 user can also restart the explorer.exe process by stopping it from the Taskbar and then starting it from the Task Manager. Method 3: Stop the explorer.exe process from the Taskbar and then restart it Once the previous command has been executed, type the following into the elevated Command Prompt and press Enter:
NOTE: Don’t close the Command Prompt window unless you’ve executed the second command below. Type the following into the elevated Command Prompt and press Enter: