Re: Minimized application disappeared if explorer is not running

Which version of NT are you referring to?

Windows XP is really Windows NT 5.1.

Actually you can do what you want. explorer.exe is not running while I type
this. I never tried opening any applications after explorer.exe was killed
before, I never had any reason to, except for the command prompt. But you
can. Trying to open a folder from the Run command results in an error and
explorer.exe starts up.

Open Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc) | Kill explorer.exe | File | New Task
(Run...) | Type in whatever you want to run

Right now I have Outlook Express (msimn.exe), notepad.exe and winword.exe
running. Everything is minimized except for this message. So I have three
minimized buttons, or "title bars", just above where the Taskbar would be if
explorer.exe were running.

Alt + Tab works to switch between applications, but so does using the mouse.

Unless you restrict the use of Task Manager anyone can open anything at all
from the Run command. But if you restrict the use of Task Manager you
cannot start anything.

I don't know why you didn't try any of this yourself.

See WTC's post.

But to add to that, I would imagine that you can start without explore.exe
and start your two applications from
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
although I have no intention of removing explorer from
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
and trying it.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:DEB6F5AD-D8EC-4612-B175-3A35FC26A9B2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Kan <Kan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Hi Wesley,

Thanks for the reply.

Actually, I don't even want the task bar to be present. All I wanted is to
have only my applications showing, no desktop, no task bar and nothing
else. However to easily switch between applications (without using
ALT-TAB, no keyboard, only mouse) is to minimise the current application
and maximise the another. Having a "title bar" at the bottom of the
screen for minimised applications(as what NT does), user can easily tell
how many application are there, and click to the one he/she wanted.

anymore ideas? I don't want the explorer to run, otherwise they can get
into the files and etc ...


"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

Not that I know of.

explorer.exe has to be running in order to even see the Taskbar. You
have to restart explorer.exe to see the running apps in the Taskbar.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:DEC5E3F0-06A6-436E-8311-DAC988034D37@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Kan <Kan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Under Windows NT, if the explorer is not running (i.e. killed), all
minimized applications will appear at the bottom of the screen as an
title bar.
Is there anyway to have this behave the same as NT under Windows XP?
Thanks Kindly

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