Yeah, that thread was golden 
i think i already love it
are there any good filebrowsers for it ? would be somewhat pointless to get rid of explorer and use it to browse for files within bb
and whats the name of the plugin on the bottom there ? http://www.boxshots.org/screenies/4011.jpg
and lastly is there any easy way to set double clicking on an apps bar to maximize like in explorer rather than minimize to bar ?
i know ... i know probably this forum istn the best place to ask this but im not ready to confess my noobishness on the official bb forums just yet
I think I may have started an anti MS movement here
Too damn rite tho' stuff Bill and his resorce leeching OS! stuff him too hell I say
I had a similar problem a while back, turned out thet during the installation of some Windows Updates, some .dll's had somehow reverted to RTM/SP1 versions, ergo Explorer.exe crashed as soon as I logged on.
I solved it by reinstalling SP2, but t_a_a's method will work aswell I expect, but reinstalling SP2 might save you having to download so many patches again, i'm not sure though.
Good Luck
I solved it by reinstalling SP2, but t_a_a's method will work aswell I expect, but reinstalling SP2 might save you having to download so many patches again, i'm not sure though.
Good Luck
hmm...
I have other browers (a43 and total commander)
maybe I'll try living without explorer, could be a great new experience
(maybe cmd will do it too for me, because I am a commandline-fetishist :shy
I have other browers (a43 and total commander)
maybe I'll try living without explorer, could be a great new experience
(maybe cmd will do it too for me, because I am a commandline-fetishist :shy
About 3hrs too late dude
Specifically for it no, but there are several out there that are much better than explorer IMO - check out: http://zabkat.com/ for one. (there's a free ver of it available too)
Also, if you still want to use explorer as a file browser you can just strip it of all stupid shell extensions and components that slow it down and just leave the useful filebrowsing stuff. The good thing is that if explorer crashes it won't take down your shell that way - plus it won't be resident unless you need it.
That plugin looks like bbIcons - you can also use it to make a pager of sorts (for the virtual desktops) and to control icons that go to your systray. As for the last question I'm not too sure as I don't use a toolbar at all - perhaps checking the configuration files might shed some light?
Don't sweat it, they're a friendly bunch towards new converts
Check out their channel on irc.freenode.net if you use IRC for quick (and usually friendly) help.
thx
woah too much functionality
i use the windows explorer in the old fashioned win95 way (that type of look: http://www.operating-system.or ... icrosoft/win95-scr-04.jpg ) and im looking for something similar without all the useless other things the xp explorer does
Yeah, you can knock that one down to just that if you want and it'll still use less memory than explorer... go figure.
I want gnome for windows, that would be so cool.
I suppose I'll post this for slagging off Bill!
As I was on sooo much about how in my case 20%~ system performance can be achieved I'll go on.
By running Windows at it's minimal by disabling/stoping those of the Windows Services that a "casual" PC user would not need when you are gaming.
If you are like me and dont own a monster pc; then this performance improvment helps with fps etc
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Firstly Explorer.exe, isn't worth having around if you dont need it.
EVERY other task you might carry out can be launched with a browse window! the same as if you where from explorer.
From Windows Task Manager, from the shell or somthin
So heres a shot of TM:
Exclude TPSmain & TPSbatt only power management for laptop.
Now, which of the 93 or so Windows services can be stopped?
All but 5 when your PC is in 'Game' mode.
1). Remote procedure call(RPC)
2). Plug and Play.
3). DCOM Server Process launcher.
4). DHCP Client.
5). Windows Audio.
Explorer will still work even with all of the other services off, it can simply be stoped and started as you wish from TM.
To access windows sevices WindowsKey+r and type 'services.msc'
Go through each services, looking at it's name and decide weather you use that service or not prticularly those with activeX links.
To change how a service starts at startup, left click on the svs and choose properties then change 'startup' type and stop that service.
i found out that the filebrowser you get when you double click on my computer doesnt start any explorer processes for some reason ... no idea how it works but it seems like i can use it without having to resort back to running explorer
What do you mean? >When you double-click My Computer from within TaskManager?
i mean the filebrower you get in windows if you click on my computer either on the desktop or via the right click menu in bb
or the one you get if you run "::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}" (which is the command you need for bb icons btw)
or the one you get if you run "::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}" (which is the command you need for bb icons btw)
Bah! Pays to read the thread (in its entirety) first, I guess
Im not sure ofbblean I dont use it, I just use TM to get where I want on the system and start/stop explorer as i need>turning everything [OFF] that I dont need at that point in time, example just before launching LFS EVERYTHING gets turned off/stoped! and then when I'm finished driving>back out to desktop(which is blank) I call TM\run>explorer
back to normalcould you try running that command on your minimalist process list to see if it spawns any processes/threads ?
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Windows Explorer, Gone!!!/???
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