How to restart explorer.exe with a batch file

I need a batch file to stop and restart explorer.exe, but I don't know all the commands needed. I know if you select it from the task manager you can restart it, but I want a file on my desktop I can double-click. I'm using Windows 10 Professional.

Solution 1:

Pretty simple to do this and pretty self-explanatory:

taskkill /im explorer.exe /f
start explorer.exe
exit

The /im makes it look for a process name. /f says to kill it forcefully, however your force is as powerful as the permissions you have.

Solution 2:

To restart Explorer in Windows 10, I created a shortcut with the Target:

powershell -command "gps explorer | spps"

gps is the Alias for Get-Process

spps is the alias for Stop-Process