Re: Start explorer, taskbar missing

Rob,

Yes, those things are related.
At launch time Explorer app checks the Shell reg key. If the Explorer was launched as the shell, it will create the Desktop and
Taskbar and run them as a part of the explorer process.

Task Manager and Gina screen though are not related to Explorer. The key combination for Task Manager is Ctrl+Shift+Esc.
Probably a little bit more info about hiding Taskbar you can find here:
http://km-dev.blogspot.com/2007/03/xpe-tip-6-completely-hide-taskbar.html. With that the Ctrl+Esc shouldn't work.

Any particular reason you need the Taskbar functionality?

A little bit more info about removing Explorer here: http://km-dev.blogspot.com/2007/04/autoplay-without-explorer.html. Not much on
the implementation side is revoked there but just to encourage similar implementations.

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Regards,
KM

Hi,
When I start explorer.exe from registry as the shell, I have a taskbar.

When I start my app as shell, and start explorer.exe from there when going
into so-called "developer mode", an explorer window opens, but no taskbar is
present.
Also, CTRL-ALT-DELETE / Task manager does not work.
Are these 2 things related ?
What is the difference in starting explorer "myself", or as shell ?

I can Hide the taskbar (ShowWindow(SW_HIDE) , but CTRL-ESC still works :-(
A lot is written about starting an app in kiosk mode, but no clear overview
anywhere as far as I have found.

I prefer to start my app as shell, thus avoiding CTRL-ESC and other
hotkey-trouble.
But I do need the Taskbar !

Please help...
Greetings,
Rob.


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