


If you often use this command, you might want to make it visible all the time. The command Open New Window In New Process is available in the context menu, but not visible unless you press and hold the Shift key on the keyboard. Additionally, it is useful to test Registry tweaks you make as they will be applied directly because every new instance of Explorer will read its settings from the Registry every time you open a new window. Running Explorer in a separate process for the file browser can improve the stability of the Explorer shell. If one of windows crashes, the entire Desktop shell will stop working too and Desktop icons with the taskbar will disappear until the explorer.exe process restarts. Folders, virtual locations like This PC, Desktop and the taskbar - all these elements are running in the same Explorer.exe process. By default, all File Explorer windows are running in a single process.
