Restart and Monitor explorer

If you are using the computer frequently, then there is a high chance that you run into the annoying situation when Windows Explorer stopped working. While it may be tempting to hit the power button manually, the operation is not recommended as it could lead to data loss. The best approach in this case would be to restart the process altogether.

Restart and Monitor explorer is a lightweight utility that provides you a quick way to restart the explorer process safely.

The application does not require installation, so you can start using it after you decompress the archive in the desired location. The interface is user-friendly, clean and consists of several tabs, each representative for its function.

The idea behind the app is to provide a more convenient way to explore the operations of Windows explorer in different ways. By far the most noteworthy feature is the display of the number of CPU load of the system's type of processes by groups. As you probably hinted, you can kill full groups or custom selections. The processes that have been killed are displayed in a dedicated tab, from where you can restart at any time.

Considering that Windows explorer is not a singular process, but rather consists of multiple one, it may be useful sometimes to view the CPU load as well as the groups of processes that are eating the computer's resources. You will be happy to learn that the tool shows the CPU usage in a simple to understand graph along with the processes working and stopped in dedicated tabs.

In the eventuality that your operating system is giving you a hard time due to abnormalities, security and stability issues or other performance related matters, then Restart and Monitor explorer may come in handy for identifying the problem and restarting the explorer process safely.