Re: Using XFree to replace explorer.exe as the window manager for Windows

[David Fraser <davidf at sjsoft dot com>]

Stuart Adamson wrote:

> Yep - I've done this.
>
> However - some of the control panel stuff didn't work correctly afterwards
> (like the program installation wizard).  I had to move back to explorer.exe,
> install my program then move back to using X as the shell.
>
>
> Stuart
>
>  
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ralf Habacker [mailto:Ralf.Habacker@freenet.de]
> > Sent: 20 January 2003 07:19
> > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > Subject: RE: Using XFree to replace explorer.exe as the window manager
> > for Windows
> >
> >
> >    
> > >  I am wondering if anyone has attempted to use 
> > >      
> > Cygwin/XFree86 to replace
> >    
> > > explorer.exe as the window manager.
> > >
> > >      
> > David Fraser has reported done so with kde-cygwin. See
> > http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-cygwin&m=103072530327420&w=2 for 
> > further infos.
> >
> > Regards
> > Ralf
> >
> >    
>  
Which just shows why its bad to have a monolithic OS instead of one made 
up of separate components
That's Windows for you...
David