   Alternate shell UIs for Win2000
  Can anyone suggest some good shell UIs for Win2k? I''m tired of Explorer sucking up as much memory as it can and bringing the system to a crawl, so its replacement should be something lightweight.Anyone know if geoShell is still around? I used to use that for Win98, that was a nice shell UI. Of course you still had to use Explorer for folders and such.Is it even possible to replace Explorer in Win2k or later?   Christopher S. ''coldacid'' Charabaruk <chrisc*meldstar!com> [journal]Meldstar Entertainment - Creation, cubed."Every time I think I''ve heard it all from SCO, they come up with a new howler." Steven Vaughan-Nichols, eWeek 
  AFAIK Explorer is an integral part of the kernel and cannot be substituted. I could be wrong, though. "Finishing in second place, simply means you are the first loser." - PouyaCat;list of alternate win32 shells;quote:Original post by Crispy  AFAIK Explorer is an integral part of the kernel and cannot be substituted. I could be wrong, though. You are. Windows Explorer is just an executeable like any other, even in Windows XP.Article on alternative GUIs. It''s not platform-specific, but it does explain why MS decided against including themes other than "Luna". (See? It''s not always a conspiracy.)-- Sean Timarco Baggaley;quote:Original post by Crispy  AFAIK Explorer is an integral part of the kernel and cannot be substituted. I could be wrong, though.That''s stupid design. Explorer should be totally userspace. On a similar note, the program that provides shell UI shouldn''t be the same program that you use to browse directories, or for that matter, the web. I''m sure it was all good intentioned, but we all know the saying... Christopher S. ''coldacid'' Charabaruk <chrisc*meldstar!com> [journal]Meldstar Entertainment - Creation, cubed."Every time I think I''ve heard it all from SCO, they come up with a new howler." Steven Vaughan-Nichols, eWeek ;quote:Original post by coldacid  quote:Original post by Crispy   AFAIK Explorer is an integral part of the kernel and cannot be substituted. I could be wrong, though.That''s stupid design. Explorer should be totally userspace.As stimarco pointed out 55 seconds before you, it is.The relevant registry key is(IIRC) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell.   --AnkhSVN - A Visual Studio .NET Addin for the Subversion version control system.[Project site] [Blog] [RSS] [Browse the source] [IRC channel] 