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Geek Culture / Explorer question. Unanswerable?

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Terabyte
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Posted: 19th Feb 2004 04:21
Hi.
Nobody at all seems to know.
but...
when windows starts.. explorer is started.
that means that we see the desktop and start menu
..if i end the explorer process.. and start a new instance by opening taskmgr and clicking New/Run and typing in explorer.exe
the desktop and start menu once again return.

but..

when desktop + start menu are already running... if you create a new instance of explorer, you are given the explorer more known as "My Computer" and it shows on the task bar.
now..
for some strange reason i managed to end up with no explorer process.
and when i tried to create a new one.. instead of brining u pthe start menu and the desktop, it just brought up my computer instance of it.

so how does the computer distinguish.
if i want to start the desktop one
or if i want to start the "my computer" one is there anyway of telling my pc which one? is it command line job ? or... what?

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CattleRustler
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Posted: 19th Feb 2004 04:49
the os may be flagging the way the process was started, if by OS or if by user/manual

not sure but I do see what you are saying.

also maybe there is more than 1 explorer.exe and it's a pathing issue since the RUN thing in exactly the same as the RUN thing in the start button.

again, not sure

-RUST-
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DivW
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Posted: 19th Feb 2004 12:58
Me and Dougie came up with this pattern:

Microsoft = Monkeysoft
Applemac = Applemonkey
RM (Research Machines) = Research Monkeys

I would recomend asking the inmates of your nearest zoo the answer, its entirely possible that they're ex-monkeysoft employees. Sorry i'm no help.

-Dave

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Ian T
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Posted: 19th Feb 2004 17:45
That's just Windows. Generally, when there's no Explorer running, it launches the task again, and if there is it creates another file explorer instance; iexplore launches a net window instance. But open it just... randomly... screws up. There's no predicting it.

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Mentor
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Posted: 19th Feb 2004 21:38
Quote: "There's no predicting it."


there is, but virgins and obsian sacrifical altars with gold inlaid tops are hard to get hold of, plus the airfare to Chichen Itza, construction of a pyramidic temple, portage, feeding for 300 acolytes, waiting for the next planetary alinement etc....simpler to just put up with it and guess.

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Posted: 19th Feb 2004 21:41
heard about X-Box?

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Posted: 21st Feb 2004 16:35
Something wierd happened with my IE the other day, i tried to open up a new instance (and I did just double click) and loads of them started popping up! I had about 30 on my task bar before I got to restart!

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