[2005] creating an explorer.exe?

well what in the end i am hoping to do is make a program to replace explorer.exe. that way i can fully customize it and make changes as needed. heres a few things i need to know.

• make it always in back without using getfocus event and calling me.sendtoback because it flickers with that unlike explorer.exe.

• ^about^ is explorer.exe just a program that takes the whole screen without a border and when a program is launched it is put into a mdi container?

• registry position to make it a shell.

• how to not make it minimize when its in focus(unless there is a way to make it never in focus no matter wat(but u can c it)) with the windows key, alt tab, ctrl esc, etc?

i might need help with more and if i do i will post.

thanks in advance, High

Here's a thread that has a short discussion on creating a shell. This should be able to get you started.