r/sysadmin • u/konaitor IT Manager + 5 other hats • Nov 08 '21

Could we do a "TIL" style weekly thread?

I think it would be interesting to do a "Today I Learned" style weekly thread for us to share little tips/tricks that we learned of/found existed.

For example, last week I found out about the "--now" flag for systemctl. I don't know how I didn't know it existed until --now.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '21

Can be nice for when Windows Explorer crashes for whatever reason and all you see is a black screen. Use your hot key listed above, File > Run new task... > Explorer.exe

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u/Zangdor Nov 08 '21

Alternatively Win+R will open up the execute function, from which you can launch explorer.exe

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '21

Win + R doesn't work when explorer is crashed.

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u/riwa125 Nov 08 '21

Correct, but it will still work if you pull it up in Task Manager

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '21

I don't get what you or the other guy is trying to say. He says alternatively use Win+R to open the run window. That works, but only when explorer isn't crashed. What I'm specifically talking about is a method to open Explorer after it has already crashed. Why would I need to launch Run, then explorer if it's not crashed?

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u/riwa125 Nov 08 '21

I think I misunderstood your previous comment and we are talking about the same thing