Protect+Your+Windows+7+System+when+Windows+Explorer+Crashes


 * Protect Your Windows 7 System when Windows Explorer Crashes**

Windows Explorer is one of the most important processes on your Windows system. Even if you are not using it to browse files and have no Windows Explorer windows open, it is still running in the background, displaying your desktop, system tray and taskbar.

When Explorer crashes, it can mean that you have to restart your PC, potentially losing your open documents and files.

One way to prevent an Explorer crash from being fatal is to tweak Win 7 so that each time Explorer is needed, it is launched as a separate process.

This will mean that if some instance of Explorer crashes, all of the other instances will remain open, keeping your PC from crashing.

How to apply the tweak:
 * 1) Open Windows Explorer and click **Organize** > **Folder and search options**.
 * 2) Click on the **View** tab.
 * 3) Select the option **Launch folder windows in a separate process**.
 * 4) Click **OK**.