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minus-squaremisterjesus@poa.stlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years ago@theshatterstone54 @olympus Yes, you can remove explorer.exe and run an alternative shell. I’ve done it.
minus-squaretheshatterstone54@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoHow? Please, please let me know. That sounds like a fun project, and I’ve already got a Windows VM I don’t use.
minus-squaremisterjesus@poa.stlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years ago@theshatterstone54 It basically a registry entry that you change. superuser.com/questions/1016380/how-do-i-replace-the-system-shell-explorer-exe-with-another-process-in-windows#1016381 I’ve used litestep in the past for about 10 minutes. litestep.net/ But there are others: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alternative_shells_for_Windows
minus-squaretheshatterstone54@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoOkay, I was hoping this could pave the way to more tiling window managers on Windows, but it doesn’t seem to be the case.
@theshatterstone54 @olympus Yes, you can remove explorer.exe and run an alternative shell. I’ve done it.
How? Please, please let me know. That sounds like a fun project, and I’ve already got a Windows VM I don’t use.
@theshatterstone54 It basically a registry entry that you change.
superuser.com/questions/1016380/how-do-i-replace-the-system-shell-explorer-exe-with-another-process-in-windows#1016381
I’ve used litestep in the past for about 10 minutes.
litestep.net/
But there are others:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alternative_shells_for_Windows
Okay, I was hoping this could pave the way to more tiling window managers on Windows, but it doesn’t seem to be the case.