Explorer won't run as seperate process...

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I cannot get Explorer.exe to "Launch folder windows in seperate processes". The option is enabled in Folder Options and the registry value is set to "1", but even with a folder window open, there is still only 1 explorer.exe process running. The only I can get Explorer.exe to run more than once is to open Explorer.exe itself, via a shortcut, etc.

How can I fix this?

[Ambassador]

Following up, I have discovered that opening folder from the start menu or from the "Run" dialog successfully open a new Explorer process, but opening folders on the desktop does not.

My original question stands though.

[cluberti]

Following up, I have discovered that opening folder from the start menu or from the "Run" dialog successfully open a new Explorer process, but opening folders on the desktop does not.

My original question stands though.

Opening folders from the desktop are going to be spawned as children of explorer.exe, regardless of the setting you have. If you open a folder from the desktop, it's considered part of the "shell" process - I don't know if this is an official bug or not becuase opening a folder from the desktop doesn't actually open it in a new process (the desktop itself is a special process, whereas folders launched from the start menu or run call shellexecute on the folder path, and can thus spawn a new explorer.exe window - it's the calling of ShellExecute[Ex] that allows this, and that's not done when a folder is opened from the desktop), but it's well known.