Make Windows Explorer more stable

Regular crashes are almost a good thing with Windows Explorer. You can make the Explorer more stable with a little trick. We show you what you need to consider.

Make Windows Explorer more stable with your own processes

To avoid frequent crashes, you can assign a separate process to each Explorer window. The advantage: If a process crashes, all other windows remain open and you can continue working undisturbed. This trick works from Windows XP:

1. Open the Windows registry with the key combination [Windows] + [R]. Enter the command "regedit" there.
2. In the left sidebar, navigate to the path [HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced].
3. Double click on "SeparateProcess". If the entry is not available, you have to create it yourself:
4. To do this, right-click on an empty area in the window and select [New] and [DWORD value (32Bit)]. Enter "SeparateProcess" as the name. Then double-click on the new parameter.
5. A new window is opening up. Assign the value 1 to the parameter (see screenshot). Confirm the change by clicking on [OK] and restart your computer.

If Windows Explorer is stable, you can also drill it graphically: Here we explain how to adapt the symbols of your libraries.