Monday, January 12, 2015

Restart Aero with the Windows 7 right click context menu item

Open your registry and find the following location:

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\

Create the "Restart Aero" and "Command" Keys:

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Restart Aero\Command

Edit tge string in the Command folder named (Default) and under Data type the following:

    CMD /C NET STOP UXSMS & NET START UXSMS


This adds the option to Restart Aero to the right click context menu on the desktop.