Friday 9 March 2012

How to Re-initialize Registry Without Rebooting Windows?

    When ever we make changes to the registry we have to reboot the system so that new settings come into play this is very frustrating to avoid this we can use following steps:


Method I:

After  making the changes in registry.Use the following step to re-initialize registry without rebooting
  • Open task manager by CTRL+SHIFT+ESC
  •  Locate explorer.exe.


    •  Click 'End Process'
    • click on File–>New Task 
    • Type ‘explorer.exe‘ to start new instance of windows explorer.

       Method II:
       
      After  making the changes in registry.Use the following step to re-initialize registry without rebooting
      • Press 'Windows+R' . Run window appears.Type cmd and enter.



      •  Type the command 'taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe'. Press enter.
      •  Type the command 'explorer' .Press enter.