Restart registry without rebooting
If Windows informs you that a reboot is required after a registry change - you can sometimes get round it by restarting the registry.
To do that:-
- Open Task Manager (ctrl-shift-esc)
- click on the processes tab
- find ‘explorer.exe’
- right click on explorer and choose ‘end process’ - click ‘yes’ to confirm
- ** Don’t worry about the taskbar disappearing - that’s normal! **
- now click ‘File - New Task (Run…)’
- type in ‘explorer.exe’ without the quotes and click ok
This procedure should restart your registry, without rebooting.
For other ways of accessing task manager, click here.
