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rcmaehl Universalist

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Okay, I'm creating a... well.... Desktop. It's basically going to be an alternative Windows Desktop, however I can't figure out how to kill the Desktop and Taskbar without them restarting. I know it's possible as Explorer was closed once when it was not responding and never restarted... Without the default Desktop and Taskbar killed the Desktop I'm making gets all overlapped and/or iffy. Any suggestions would be appreciated even if it turns out they don't work.

Thanks -RC

P.S. I've already tried the basics with ProcessClose() and closing through _RunDOS(), explorer.exe just restarts...

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My UDFs are generally for me. If they aren't updated for a while, it means I'm not using them myself. As soon as I start using them again, they'll get updated.

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Killing Explorer is bad. Either set your app as the default shell so Explorer doesn't start to begin with, or let the user Exit Explorer. If you're on Vista/7, hold ctrl+shift and right-click an empty area on the start-menu (like around the shutdown button). You Exit in another way on XP, just do a search on Google.

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Killing Explorer is bad. Either set your app as the default shell so Explorer doesn't start to begin with, or let the user Exit Explorer.

But what if I don't like explorer :D Also I find 2 flaws with that logic:

1. My app isn't that COMPLEX enough right now to be the default shell, maybe in a few years but not anytime soon.

2. Any AVERAGE user that used my program probably wouldn't know how to Exit Explorer.

My UDFs are generally for me. If they aren't updated for a while, it means I'm not using them myself. As soon as I start using them again, they'll get updated.

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WhyNotWin11
Cisco Finesse, Github, IRC UDF, WindowEx UDF

 

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rcmaehl Universalist

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Have you thought of finding an alternative to explorer?

I'm making an alternative DESKTOP, because when you choose an item on the desktop, even if it opens in an alternate explorer.exe, it was still opened in explorer.exe first because the desktop IS explorer.exe.

My UDFs are generally for me. If they aren't updated for a while, it means I'm not using them myself. As soon as I start using them again, they'll get updated.

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WhyNotWin11
Cisco Finesse, Github, IRC UDF, WindowEx UDF

 

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Func Reg_AutoRestartShell($mode = 1); 0=disable, 1=enable (default)
    Local $Winlogon = 'HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogon'
    If RegWrite($Winlogon, 'AutoRestartShell', 'REG_DWORD', $mode) Then Return 1
    Return 0
EndFunc

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What MPH linked to are file browsers and not shell replacements. A popular shell replacement with WinPE installations is 'BBox Shell.'

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