windows 7 - Is there a way to kill explorer.exe and then run a batch file that starts it again?

Could this be done in batch or even in virtual basic?

taskkill /IM explorer.exe /t /f & start bat.bat

doesn't work.

Answer

Yes, you can do this in a batch file.

Just write them as if you are typing it in a commandprompt window.

So your bat.bat would look like this:

:: stop explorer and wait with executing the next bit
start "" "taskkill /IM explorer.exe /f" /wait

:: start it again
start "" explorer.exe /wait

:: is the same as REM btw. You can ommit it in your script.

If you want to restart your explorer, just run the bat.bat file.