Hi Larry, In Windows 8.1 and 10, you can try the following:
On the desktop go to the Start button, press Application key and search for Explorer or press the Start button and write explorer or file explorer Enter or press the Windows key and write the same, Enter. This could eventually help. Kind regards, Lucian -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Larry Higgins via Talk Gesendet: Montag, 13. November 2017 16:13 An: Larry Higgins via Talk <[email protected]> Cc: Larry Higgins <[email protected]> Betreff: Re: How to get file explorer back BTW, I did try windows key-e, but no go. On 11/13/2017 8:52 AM, Larry Higgins via Talk wrote: > Listers, > > > This is kind of a stupid situation for one to fine one's self in, but > it can happen so easily I'm afraid. > > > I was trying some shortcuts on my desktop that were linked to > different USB drives, or at least the letters pertaining there too > when a shortcut that didn't lead to a connected drive came up. What > happens when that happens is that you get what appears to be an error > message (it isn't spoken) telling you the drive isn't present, but > when you use the ctrl-shift-t to read the title, it says File > Explorer. I'm sure that that is all well and good. The problem is that > I cannot find a way to close that box without closing File Explorer. > Problem is, when you do that, you loose not only the dern box, but a > whole lot of access to your PC as well. Heck, you can't even shut down > using alt-F4. You can't even just log out and log back in again. > > > What I wish to know is how to reopen File Explorer without having to > completely power down the machine in order to get things back to normal. > > > I really would like to know how to go about closing that box, so that > such drastic action wouldn't even have to be contemplated <smile>. > > > This is one that I've been intending to ask for years, but thank God > the situation doesn't arise all that often. > > > > Thanks for any guidance or suggestions, > > > Larry > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/larryhiggins22%40comcast.net. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/lortelli%40bluewin.ch. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
