Re: CustomShell Not Launching

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From: Lucvdv (replace_name_at_null.net)
Date: 06/03/04 

Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 12:03:38 +0200

On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 13:48:58 +0200, "Philipp Stampfl"
<stampfl@audite.at> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I also tried to get myapp.exe running as customer shell, but it woudn't
> launch. I then got hints to write a launcher application that just waits and
> then launches myapp.exe but again, even this small app (no window, just a
> simple Sleep() and a CreateProcess() command) does not launch as customer
> shell!
>
> Do you guys use console applications as launcher app or standard windows
> applications?

I wrote my launcher in VB.Net, it displays a splash screen in its
startup form.

That splash screen does *not* become visible either if the launcher is
started as shell, but it does succeed in starting my main app after 2
or 3 retries at 15 second intervals.

When I boot to a CMD shell and start the launcher manually, its splash
screen is shown and the main app starts on the first attempt.

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