The start button and the task bar are part of explorer.exe, although if I'm not mistaken the File Explorer windows have always been run in a separate instance o

The start button and the task bar are part of explorer.exe, although if I'm not mistaken the File Explorer windows have always been run in a separate instance of explorer.exe . I'm pretty sure that the task bar and start button could get swapped out btw, but they're quick to reload (except for the start menu and the tray icons)