re: Customising windows as documents, photos etc.
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Martin
(65 messages posted)
Hi. I bought Power Desk in fact, but didn't really like it - it was a while back
and I don't recall why, I must admit. I uninstalled it.
But in any case, the point is , Windows Explorer is not just a file manager, it is
hard-wired into the XP system and, like Internet Explorer, has a number of background
functions that you cannot turn off. If you have an alternative File Manager installed,
you will still have Windows Explorer running too - try stopping explorer.exe with
Task Manager, and Power Desk or whatever won't keep your desktop running (unless
things have greatly changed since I last inverstigated).
Not true by the way that "Also if XP crashes on you at all, you either have bad hardware
or malware" there are a thousand and one reasons why XP might crash due to software
problems - missing or corrupt dll files to name just one.. In any case, I don't really
have problems with XP crashing, just Windows Explorer. It is VERY delicate (as you
are obviously well aware) and will hang if under pressure, and change settings (like
customisation of folders) as it sees fit (so to speak). Useless, but there is no
'under the bonnet' replacement for it - file managers like those you mention just
ride on top if it.
Martin
On Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 4:26 am, Ricer46 wrote:
>Since you recognize that Explorer is pathetic, why do you continue to use it? MS
>has NEVER designed a decent file manager. I would switch (and have done so) to one
>of the alternatives. Total Commander, PowerDesk, there are more.
>
>Also if XP crashes on you at all, you either have bad hardware or malware. It simply
>never has crashed on me in the 8 years that I've been using it, except when I had
>hardware and malware problems.
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