3.6 Restarting the Shell

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Before you test any of the components that we will build throughout the course of this book, it will be necessary to restart the shell. Restarting the shell does not mean shutting down every instance of Explorer you have running because, even after you have done that, there is still one more instance running: the Desktop. That's right, the Desktop is the first instance of Explorer. You will need to restart everything. The obvious method is to just reboot. While this works, it is a little time consuming. There are other ways to restart the shell without shutting down.

If you are developing under Windows NT, you can simply bring up the Task Manager and kill the Explorer process. You can then start a fresh instance by running Explorer from the Run menu.

If you are running Windows 98, restarting the shell is not as straightforward. First, you need to bring up the Task Manager by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del. Select the Explorer process and then click the End Task button. The Shut Down Windows dialog will appear. This is the same dialog that appears when you select Shut Down from the Start menu. Now this is important: do not press OK . Press Cancel instead. Wait a few moments. Windows will then display a dialog box prompting you to end the task.

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