- 1 year ago
Restart Windows' explorer.exe via QProcess
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You can use the QProcess
class in Qt to restart the Windows explorer.exe
process. Here's an example of how you can achieve this in a Qt application:
cpp#include <QCoreApplication>
#include <QProcess>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);
QProcess process;
process.start("taskkill", QStringList() << "/F" << "/IM" << "explorer.exe");
process.waitForFinished();
process.start("explorer.exe");
process.waitForFinished();
return a.exec();
}
In this example, the program uses QProcess
to run the taskkill
command to forcefully terminate the explorer.exe
process. After that, it starts the explorer.exe
process again.
Make sure to include the appropriate header files (<QCoreApplication>
and <QProcess>
) and link against the Qt libraries when building the application.
Please note that restarting explorer.exe
can cause all open Windows Explorer windows to close, potentially leading to data loss if any unsaved work is present. Use this approach with caution and consider providing a user confirmation before restarting the process.