Re: Using XFree to replace explorer.exe as the window manager for Windows

[David Fraser]

Stuart Adamson wrote:

Yep - I've done this.

However - some of the control panel stuff didn't work correctly afterwards
(like the program installation wizard). I had to move back to explorer.exe,
install my program then move back to using X as the shell.


Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Ralf Habacker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 20 January 2003 07:19
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Using XFree to replace explorer.exe as the window manager
for Windows

I am wondering if anyone has attempted to use

Cygwin/XFree86 to replace

explorer.exe as the window manager.

David Fraser has reported done so with kde-cygwin. See
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-cygwin&m=103072530327420&w=2 for further infos.

Regards
Ralf

Which just shows why its bad to have a monolithic OS instead of one made up of separate components
That's Windows for you...
David