2

If you terminate explorer.exe which is also hosting a taskbar system component and then launch it again from task manager, it will open itself again with taskbar fully functional.

However, if I set up my own shell program, instead of explorer (HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon), re-logon, and then terminate it from Task manager, and execute explorer.exe it gives me nothing but explorer window(file manager). Taskbar component does not show itself.

How can I achieve this? I am developing a kiosk application and I want to give administrators rights to switch to classic desktop if they need it. However, executing explorer.exe does not work like I expect it to be.

Run5k
  • 16,044
  • 24
  • 51
  • 65
Tomasz Szkudlarek
  • 31

1 Answers1

0

This Superuser post sounds like you need to launch "C:\Windows\Explorer.exe" instead of just "Explorer.exe" to get the taskbar back.

Community
  • 1
Clayton
  • 517
  • 2
  • 8
  • Unfortunately, this does not work as well. Strange. I'll try to test it with this GUID parameter. – Tomasz Szkudlarek Oct 24 '14 at 05:49
  • No, this does not work. But i found something odd. If i logon remotely as another user, and i change shell to explorer in registry (!) - i can terminate explorer and execute it again - i will get a taskbar. Now, i change (without logging out) default shell in registry to my app. Now i terminate explorer.exe from user session and execute it again - taskbat won't appear. Odd. Looks like explorer checks if it's default shell in registry, and basing on this setting decides if taskbar is needed. – Tomasz Szkudlarek Oct 24 '14 at 08:23