how do I close explorer.exe with a *.bat file what would that code be?
(I don't wanna pause it I wanna close it)

please help

NOTE:I know how useless explore.exe is so you don't need to tell me all about it.(not trying to be rude)

look at Windows XP sideways it mocks you

You know you can just go to the control panel and end it im sure...The command below is only for Winxp Pro it wont work in the home edition.. But you must save this as a .cmd file instead of a .bat.. here is the script.

@echo off
taskkill /F explorer.exe
exit

If you want this to work in home you have to get the taskill.exe from a Pro computer.
As far as I know there is no .bat file that will do this in windows.

VeL

Your in luck here is a link to download the taskkill.exe that comes with Pro.

http://home.wanadoo.nl/gigajosh/2005/05/taskkillexe.html

VeL

ermmm... am I missing something here...? To close Explorer why not simply click on the "X" at top right corner???

Or am misreading/misunderstanding the query?

That would be Iexplorer.exe (internet explorer).. explorer.exe is the windows shell which can be easily shut down through the taskmanager. I figured the guy with the question knew that since he understood alittle about .bat files..I was kinda curious as well what his intentions are for this script.

VeL