Reload Registry Without Reboot

Contributor Icon Contributed by David Kirk     
Tag Icon Tagged: Windows  

Forces changes to the registry without requiring a complete reboot.

1. Press CTRL-ALT-DELETE to bring up the Windows task list.
2. Select Explorer and click on End Task
3. When the Shutdown screen is shown, click Cancel
4. After a few seconds an error message will show. Click on End Task.

Then Windows will reload explorer and any new registry settings.

 

4 Comments -


  1. NObody said on July 3, 2009

    FROM THE COMMAND PROMPT
    TO STOP explorer
    taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe
    TO START explorer
    explorer

  2. Muhammad Faiz said on June 18, 2011

    rempit maju

  3. Muhammad Faiz said on June 18, 2011

    “FROM THE COMMAND PROMPT 
    TO STOP explorer 
    taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe 
    TO START explorer 
    explorer

  4. Muhammad Faiz said on June 18, 2011

    With the purchase of any System x3100 M3, x3200 M3 or x3250 M3, 

 

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