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Removing Windows Explorer


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Fred Vorck, aka fdv, member of msfn, removed IE, not explorer.

And I am pretty sure since someone in the HFSLIP forum asked how to replace windows's default shell and he ended up with several problems.

As I said in a similar thread just a couple days ago, you can use GeoShell which completely replaces explorer (or at least used to when I used it)

*sigh*

http://www.geoshell.com/

What is geoShell?

GeoShell is a replacement shell for Windows™ to replace the standard desktop interface.

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link to blackbox sources: http://bb4win.sourceforge.net/bblean/

link to bb4win homepage: http://www.bb4win.org/news.php

link to bb4win forum: http://www.lostinthebox.com/

plugins include TCL shell for example

screenshots and styles page: http://www.boxshots.org/ gives an idea of the potentials, including integration of winamp controls into shell toolbar

on boxshots.org site, different replacements for windows shell are given in left frame

unlike the fixed boundaries of the MS shell, the opensource shells are under continuous development

footballking's question remains -- has anyone been able to configure nLite to remove windows [disk] explorer and install another shell, like bb4win.

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Fred Vorck, aka fdv, member of msfn, removed IE, not explorer.

And I am pretty sure since someone in the HFSLIP forum asked how to replace windows's default shell and he ended up with several problems.

As I said in a similar thread just a couple days ago, you can use GeoShell which completely replaces explorer (or at least used to when I used it)

*sigh*

http://www.geoshell.com/

What is geoShell?

GeoShell is a replacement shell for Windows™ to replace the standard desktop interface.

*sigh*

Search the hfslip forum, I can't find this topic anymore. But anyway, I am 99% sure replacing explorer.exe with another shell will break windows setup.

And, have a look at this post.

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I know you can use a different shell to replace the Windows Explorer. Windows Explorer though is still on your computer. I want to be able to remove the Windows Explorer and then intergrate a different shell (like GeoShell) into the install. That way you have just that shell and the Windows Explorer is completely gone.

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file managers (only one) ...

Ghisler's Total Commander (awesome by itself, let alone the independent spirit of its plugins support group):

http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=10...eplace+explorer

Sorry but I must beg to differ on that! :hello:

There's xplorer², which has a Pro and a free version: http://zabkat.com/

There's Explore2fs, which can also read Linux files systems: http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs

There are also GXExplorer, and Dimension Shell File Manager...

If you search around a bit, I'm sure you'll be able to find more! :yes:

--iWindoze

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Has anyone tried to put explorer.exe in the remove box. I bet it wont work but worth a try. Also I believe the windows setup wont run without explorer.exe at least around t12 mark or after. The only way I can see you doing this is through a batch scrpt that shuts down explorer deletes the backup copy & the running one then replaces necessary reg entries & finally loads it. I delete & replace my explorer during setup so replacing it outright at that point seems possible.

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