explorer.exe, in addition to being Windows Explorer, is your shell, by default. When it crashes, you lose your start button and all that. To get it back, you simply pull up the task manager (ctrl+shift+esc) and do a File--New Task. Enter Explorer. Your shell will restart.
If the problem persists, [re]install the latest service pack of your operating system. If you install a service pack with any instances of iexplore.exe running, explorer.exe may be prone to crash. Personally, when I install service packs, I purposely kill my shell during the install.
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