When we have to restart explorer.exe, usually we have many folders opened, which get closed in the process. There is a way to re-open these folders automatically after restarting explorer using bat script: @echo off setlocal enabledelayedexpansion powershell @^(^(New-Object -com shell.application^).Windows^(^)^).Document.Folder.Self.Path >> openedpaths.txt taskkill /im explorer.exe /f start explorer.exe FOR /F "tokens=*" %%f IN (%~dp0openedpaths.txt)…