Getting ian instance of OS

[tacoman667]

Is there any way to get an instance of the OS? I am wanting to write my own application that I hope to replace the Windows Explorer. I need to set my own custom operations for my users. Is it possible to grab an instance of windows and have "WithEvents" like on other applications? If not, does anyone know how to go about doing what I hope to achieve with the Windows Explorer?


Thanks in advance,
Taco

[kleinma]

you are talking about writing your own windows shell, which is the user interface that runs between the GUI and the core of windows. It is no easy task, certainly far far more complex that declaring a variable WithEvents

you can go to planetsourcecode.com and do a search for windows shells as I know some coders there have written some, but I don't know if any are VB.NET code

[tacoman667]

I would need this windows shell even just for replacing onje component, the windows file explorer? This is the only reason I need this function.

[kleinma]

yes, as far as i know anyway...

the file explorer is part of explorer.exe which is the same exe that runs the taskbar, desktop, etc...