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re: Question about 'Refresh the Desktop without Restarting Windows' Saturday, July 2, 2005 at 11:50 am Posted by ~riv (1 messages posted) Try three-finger salute, select Task Manager, click "New Task..." button, type in "explorer" and click OK. Desktop reappears. New system shell requires reboot; above ought to work. On Wednesday, May 12, 2004 at 9:11 am, alex lopez wrote: >I edit system.ini, shell=explorer.exe to shell=(my program in visual basic for example, >specifically it is a visual basic program), when I reboot my pc, my program launches >without any desktop interface and taskbar, this is for security reason. The question >is, if theres a way to load windows desktop and taskbar without restarting? I tried >to change back the shell=explorer.exe, but it needs to restart to take effect. Hopes >someone helps me. Thanks. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum