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title: "Abort a Shutdown Restart and Start Working Again"
date: 2020-04-05T18:54:46+05:30
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I don't know why would someone want to abort a shutdown or a restart and start working again.

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**Prerequisite:** The computer must be in Shutting Down/Restarting screen and be crazy fast before the shutdown/restart process completes.

## Time to get our hands dirty
Shutdown/Restart as usual and press `Ctrl+Alt+Del`. Do nothing and click on `Cancel` button.

You'll be presented with a black screen. Now press `Ctrl+Shift+Esc` to open Task Manager.

Click `File > Run new task`.

Type in `explorer.exe` and hit Enter.

The desktop should appear now. Everything works fine except Start menu and UWP apps do not work.

To open apps, press `Win+E`. In address bar, type in `Shell:AppsFolder` and hit Enter.

You will be presented with a list of installed apps and programs. Double-click a program and start working.

To get Start menu and UWP apps working, reboot as normal.

That's it.