How can i REPLACE explorer.exe?

allright, ill try this out people, thanks!

I think booting into linux might be the easiest option... then do the switch..


is there no other way to achieve this though?

Rename your explorer.exe to explorer.exe.old

Just like that, with .old it will tell windows it is old and needs to be replaced, upon rebooting it will make you a new one.

He dosnt need a new one, I think he wants to put in a modified one

Right, if he wants to do that, you can do what I said. Put .old at the end, put in the new one after closing explorer.exe in the task manager, and reboot.

Logan wrote 53 minutes ago »

I think booting into linux might be the easiest option... then do the switch..

is there no other way to achieve this though?


Not if you don't want it to break >.<

How can he rename it when its in use?

And if he shuts explorer down, how can he THEN rename it? lul

and if he does renames it, how can he replace it when there is no explorer open to put it in :D


Best tip is using ubuntu to transfer the file.

Twitch wrote 16 minutes ago »

Right, if he wants to do that, you can do what I said. Put .old at the end, put in the new one after closing explorer.exe in the task manager, and reboot.


but i can't even rename it...

GreenSLi wrote 11 minutes ago »

How can he rename it when its in use?

And if he shuts explorer down, how can he THEN rename it? lul

and if he does renames it, how can he replace it when there is no explorer open to put it in :D

Best tip is using ubuntu to transfer the file.


thats what i think i'll do...

lol u can rename a file through command prompt


that's how i tried to delete explorer.exe before =P


but no i think the Ubuntu option would be better

Weeman5872 wrote 8 hours ago »

lol u can rename a file through command prompt

that's how i tried to delete explorer.exe before =P

but no i think the Ubuntu option would be better


could you tell me the cmd command? i can't for the love of me get the liveCD working.

Uhhh, get image burner , then burn the iso as image / iso lul.

Then boot up

GreenSLi wrote 14 hours ago »

Uhhh, get image burner , then burn the iso as image / iso lul.

Then boot up


i have a slight dilemma... the DVD was burned correctly, and it does autorun just fine in windows, but the bios just skips it even though its set to boot from it.