Moreover, check if booting the system with the bare minimal peripherals & without any mapped drivers resolves the issue (make sure to disconnect the network & speakers). If you are part of a corporate/domain network, then check if any of the group policy or startup scripts of your organization is causing the issue. Run New Task of Explorer.exe in the Task Manager Explorer.exe Not Starting When Win 10 Startsīefore moving on with the solutions to enable Explorer.exe on startup, you may have to launch a New Task of Explorer.exe from the File Menu of the Task Manager (so that you can try the solutions easily).