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I can't start File Explorer Task without administrative privileges in Windows 8, but if I start it with admin privileges, I can't open Windows 8 Apps, and it shows:

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You need to kill explorer.exe, but be able to safely restart it. I had success using Process Explorer by SysInternals, now part of Microsoft.

After I killed it, it tried to restart poorly. I killed it again then hit CTRL+ALT+DEL, ALT+T to get Task Manager and then selected New Task from the upper left menu. After a lot of flickering, eventually everything fell into place.

I use Classic Shell to replace the Start Menu and it took about 10 seconds to get the unpleasant shell icon on the start menu back in place. Remember, don't select "Replace Task Manager" in Process Explorer or you won't be able to easily run a new process once explorer.exe is dead!

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