SillyDog701

[Wellander]

Hi,
Use the program manager as the shell.
Regedit.exe in the run of the start menu
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\ then change the one that says shell explorer.exe to progman.exe but not until you do a backup of the registry.
I use the program manager as the shell all of the time except in a few cases and then download a windows nt. 4.0 service pack and extract the file manager out of it (winfile.exe) using winzip or winrar for file management purposes.
I use that all of the time too I do not like windows explore nor explorer.exe
I like the file manager and program manager.
If you need help with any of these please ask.

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[Antony]

DJGM, I'd suggest you to check if you have any HD errors first. And copy again the file from a non-scratched Windows CD.
You might also want to check your DVD or CD reader. I had problems with Sony DVD reader some time before, couldn't read CD correctly.

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[DJGM]

Wellander,

To be honest, I would prefer to use the proper explorer.exe shell in Windows 2000 and/or XP
as opposed to system apps that were made for Windows versions from about 10 years ago.


Antony,

I'll try those suggestions shortly, but first I'm going to re-install Windows 2000 SP4
and see if that fixes the explorer.exe problem, as it will install a newer version of
that file, than the version that was installed from the original Windows 2000 CD.

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[Wellander]

Hi,
I recommend that you get service pack three instead if you are going to do service packs.
As I do not believe in service packs.

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[Wellander]

Wellander,

To be honest, I would prefer to use the proper explorer.exe shell in Windows 2000 and/or XP
as opposed to system apps that were made for Windows versions from about 10 years ago.


Antony,

I'll try those suggestions shortly, but first I'm going to re-install Windows 2000 SP4
and see if that fixes the explorer.exe problem, as it will install a newer version of
that file, than the version that was installed from the original Windows 2000 CD.

Wellander,

To be honest, I would prefer to use the proper explorer.exe shell in Windows 2000 and/or XP
as opposed to system apps that were made for Windows versions from about 10 years ago.

Hi,
Why.
Program manager and file manager wroks prefectly in windows 2000.
With the program manager shell you will loose the internet explorer intergration making windows better for you since you do not like Internet explorer (and more sucuer in my opinion)
It is my recommendation that you do that.
But you do what you want.

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[DJGM]

Wellander,

The thing is, I want my desktop icons and taskbar back, and only the proper explorer.exe provides
this in current and all the recent versions of Windows. As for removing the web integration from
the OS, and/or disabling certain IE components, there are easier and more convenient ways
of doing that, without relying on old executables taken from dead versions of Windows.

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