Can one force Explorer to open windows in new processes

[Michael Moser]

Occasionally Explorer hangs (or simply takes too long) e.g. when doing a
"Search" or opening "My Network Places" (which - if certain devices are
not present - can take forever...).

If one then closes that window the "root"-Explorer dies, i.e. the
desktop is gone as well...

Can't one force Explorer to start such long-running tasks in its own
process (i.e. to fork them off as seperate processes), such that when
one kills any of those one only kills that particular window/process and
not the desktop, too.

Michael

 

[Stan Brown]

Thu, 3 Nov 2005 14:30:18 +0100 from Michael Moser <michael-
(e-mail address removed)>:

Occasionally Explorer hangs (or simply takes too long) e.g. when doing a
"Search" or opening "My Network Places" (which - if certain devices are
not present - can take forever...).

If one then closes that window the "root"-Explorer dies, i.e. the
desktop is gone as well...

Can't one force Explorer to start such long-running tasks in its own
process (i.e. to fork them off as seperate processes), such that when
one kills any of those one only kills that particular window/process and
not the desktop, too.

Tools >> Folder Options >> View >>
Launch folder windows in a separate process

 

[Michael Moser]

Hm, that already IS set, but still certain windows apparently are NOT
started in an own process (or then THEIR crash somehow also tears down
the parent process...).

 

[Stan Brown]

Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:12:05 +0100 from Michael Moser <michael-
(e-mail address removed)>:

Hm, that already IS set, but still certain windows apparently are NOT
started in an own process (or then THEIR crash somehow also tears down
the parent process...).

Sorry, I got nothin' else. Hopefully someone else will chime in.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
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