Advice regarding explorer.exe

[notepad.exe]

Hi,

So anyways, I'd like some ideas on how to prevent explorer.exe from starting with Windows NT 5 without having an additional process start up and stop the explorer.exe process. Thx.

-Mikey.

[Xeen]

This is the Microsoft Eradication Society. This is not a Windows Help and Support forum. If you need help doing something with Windows, next time go to a forum like www.annoyances.org or www.winguides.com . Here we discuss what is wrong with Microsoft Corporation, and alternatives to their software.

However since I'm nice I will reply to your question. By Windows NT 5 I suppose you mean Windows 2000. Explorer.exe is the Windows shell, not just a file manager. This means that if you disable it from starting up, you will not have a desktop, a taskbar, or a start menu. There will just be an empty screen unless you tell Windows to use a different shell. If that is what you want to do, then run the file gpedit.msc and use the System Shell policy to specify what shell you want to use. Other than that I do not think there is a way to disable Explorer from starting up. You might want to try to see what happens if you just delete the file, though.

[hm_murdock]

You get an error message saying to reinstall windows.

changing the shell policy is the best thing to do.

try running the NT 4 shell. it's way better

[Refalm]

Install:

http://beyondconvention.net/ohussain/lsinstaller/

And explorer.exe won't be starting up. You'll get something MUCH better instead.

[ January 08, 2004: Message edited by: Refalm ]

[Enmity]

You fucking beat me to it Refalm, though I was suggesting its homepage instead.

[ryan247]

now now no need for that foul language

[Calum]

quote:Originally posted by notepad.exe:
Hi,

So anyways, I'd like some ideas on how to prevent explorer.exe from starting with Windows NT 5 without having an additional process start up and stop the explorer.exe process. Thx.

-Mikey.

well i hera od this *great* software that enables you to anything you like with your files, without using any explorer.exe...

seriously though, you know at the top of this very forum it says:
 

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are you illiterate?