Explorer.exe will not start as shell
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Avenger_




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Location: Norway
PostPosted: Sat, 18th Jun 2005 01:49    Post subject: Explorer.exe will not start as shell
I installed the Aston shell on my x64 copy of Windows XP PRO. To be able to make it work I had to manually change the registry key for the shell from 'Explorer.exe' to the Aston executable.

Now I want to change back to explorer, but changing that shell registry value back to Explorer.exe has no effect. It still starts the Aston executable instead of explorer.

I tried removing Aston, but it only resulted in that no shell started at all, and when I pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del to start explorer.exe manually it just started the explorer-file-manger window, no desktop shell.

What do you think the problem could be?
Explorer works fine as a browser etc, but it simply will not start as the shell. I also did a registry search looking for 'Aston.exe' but I was only able to find uninstall information etc, no other values pointing it to be a shell.
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tisjusme




Posts: 12
Location: Australia
PostPosted: Sat, 2nd Jul 2005 10:55    Post subject:
System Restore.

Or place your Windows CD in the drive and repair XP


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Avenger_




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Location: Norway
PostPosted: Sat, 2nd Jul 2005 12:45    Post subject:
Yeah, I got it to work with system restore, I just forgot about this thread Smile
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