diff --git a/ExplorerPatcher/GUI.c b/ExplorerPatcher/GUI.c
index 2182b6c..66e7f62 100644
--- a/ExplorerPatcher/GUI.c
+++ b/ExplorerPatcher/GUI.c
@@ -513,6 +513,8 @@ static BOOL GUI_Build(HDC hDC, HWND hwnd, POINT pt)
                             {
                                 if (FindWindowW(L"Shell_TrayWnd", NULL))
                                 {
+                                    BeginExplorerRestart();
+                                    Sleep(100);
                                     //ZZRestartExplorer(0, 0, 0, 0);
                                     WCHAR wszPath[MAX_PATH];
                                     ZeroMemory(wszPath, MAX_PATH * sizeof(WCHAR));
diff --git a/ep_setup/ep_setup.c b/ep_setup/ep_setup.c
index e6f4ed6..7bc5f7c 100644
--- a/ep_setup/ep_setup.c
+++ b/ep_setup/ep_setup.c
@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain(
     {
         bOk = TRUE;
 
+        BeginExplorerRestart();
+        Sleep(100);
+
         GetSystemDirectoryW(wszPath, MAX_PATH);
         wcscat_s(wszPath, MAX_PATH, L"\\taskkill.exe");
         ShellExecuteW(