Starting explorer from command shell

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G?ran Davidsson

How can I get the taskbar and the start menu to show when I start
explorer application from my image with command shell?

If I add Internet Explorer everything works fine, but I don't want to
add everything that IE depends on.

Thankful for any suggestions.

/Göran
 
Göran,

What happens when you launch Explorer app from CMD? Are you sure the explorer is running but you don't see the taskbar?

Don't know about IE but you will definitely need to add eve that the Windows Explorer depends on!
 
Sorry, my OE has eaten some words in my previous post. I meat there you will need to resolve Explorer dependencies in TD
configuration.
 
KM,

I have added and resolved the dependencies on Explorer Application.
And I have tried with Task Manager shell as well without success, but
then I can see that explorer doesn't start. It just ends with no error
messages. I suppose it misses some dll's or something.

My configuration only includes minimum components for booting, such as
PCI bridges, standard PC, keyboard and so on. No other hardware like
network, audio or communication ports. I added MinLogon and command
shell and resolved all dependencies. After that I added explorer
application and resolved all dependencies again.

Any ideas what could be missing?

Thanks
/Göran
 
One question first.
You said that you were able to do that with full image, right?
Now you should try to use minlogon instead of winlogon with all other
components present.
If you can pass trough this transition, then you can do this and you can
start removing components.

Or if you are confident that this will work with minlogon then you can use
programs from systemintenals like regmon and filemon to see what files or
registry entries are missing in your image.

Regards,
Slobodan

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G?ran,

Unfortunately, Explorer is a heavy app and requires many components to be in the image. So, your "minimum components" image may not
work with Explorer well.

I've seen the problem on my Winlogon (!) image with all the Explorer app dependencies added. I couldn't lunch the Explorer although
I have manually copied all the missing static Dlls (checked with Dependency Walker). I did not have enough time to figure out the
problem. The best thing would be an attempt to launch the Explorer from Dependency Walker to track all the dynamic dependencies.
Also, there might be some registry missing and here the Regmon will help you.
 
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