Explorer.Exe

[Larry]

Should there be an explorer.exe in the task list even with nothing else
open on the desktop (besides the task manager), and the following
startup list?

C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccProxy.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\ISSVC.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SNDSrvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SPBBC\SPBBCSvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\cisvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTsvcCDA.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Norton Internet Security\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ulead Systems\DVD\ULCDRSvr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\MsPMSPSv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Dell\EUSW\Support.exe
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe
C:\Program Files\Dell\Support\Alert\bin\NotifyAlert.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Works Shared\WkUFind.exe
C:\Program Files\EarthLink 5.0\ConMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
C:\WINDOWS\BCMSMMSG.exe
C:\Program Files\Roxio\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe
C:\Program Files\EarthLink TotalAccess\TaskPanl.exe
C:\Program Files\Digital Line Detect\DLG.exe
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Digital Imaging\bin\hpobnz08.exe
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Digital Imaging\bin\hpotdd01.exe
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Digital Imaging\bin\hpoevm08.exe
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Digital Imaging\Bin\hpoSTS08.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\cidaemon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\cidaemon.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccLgView.exe
C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware SE Personal\Ad-Aware.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Steven Fxxxxx\My Documents\hijackthis.exe
C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

Larry

 

[Linda B]

Yes -- Explorer.exe always runs (it is the file system/desktop running).

 

[Larry E]

OK. Is 9M of RAM an unreasonable amount of resource for it?

Larry E.

 

[Linda B]

Not unreasonable, no -- my machine right now has almost double that
dedicated to explorer.exe.

 

[Larry E]

Thank you very much. I really appreciate it. I'm just puzzled as to why
it appears in the task mgr list sometimes, but other times it does not.

Larry E.

 

[Newtechie]

That's highly impossible unless your desktop isn't loading.

 

[DanS]

That's highly impossible unless your desktop isn't loading.

it is completely possible ! explorer.exe is the windows shell, or GUI if
you will.

you can kill the explorer.exe process and still use your computer, except
that unless you have some other means of launching programs, you need to
ctrl-alt-delete to bring up the task manager/program's tab and click 'new
task' to start any program.

i haven't experimented with booting up with NO shell specified, but many
different program's can act as the 'shell'. not all function's may be
present, but it is possible.

http://www.shellcity.net/ - website with MANY shell replacement's for
windows, although most i found to be too involved take the time to learn to
implement, but then i'm lazy.

http://home.adelphia.net/~thisnthat/menuhell/index.htm - is a link to a
shell replacement i wrote a while ago, as an experiment. i am currently in
the process of re-writing this to fully support all shell function's. i
currently use this as a task launcher only, with the system tray ripped
out. so at this point, i can kill explorer.exe and just use my program to
launch everything. it's nice sometimes to just see a full-screen background
with no icons on it what-so-ever.

regards,

DanS