Detecting explorer.exe

[Robert Fredricks]

how can i detect if the heart of windows, explorer.exe, is running or not?
im producing a shell for windows and wish to make sure it does not run if
explorer.exe is running.
thanks in advanced,
Robert Fredricks

[Roy]

Not quite understand what exactly isn't running for you, but the following sample will produce 4 instances of a Windows Explorer.

Private Sub Form_Load()
'=======================

Shell "explorer.exe", vbNormalFocus
Shell "explorer.exe", vbNormalFocus
Shell "explorer.exe", vbNormalFocus
Shell "explorer.exe", vbNormalFocus

End Sub

Roy

"Robert Fredricks" <webmaster@planetarymapping.com> wrote in message news:3d910451$1@10.1.10.29...
>
> how can i detect if the heart of windows, explorer.exe, is running or not?
> im producing a shell for windows and wish to make sure it does not run if
> explorer.exe is running.
> thanks in advanced,
> Robert Fredricks

[Xavier Perséguers]

Me, I understood what you asked,

I would go through the Tasks list and see each name if there is some explorer.exe
running.

I don't have in mind how you may get the tasks list but I've already found
it easily on the Net.

HTP

Xavier Perséguers

"Robert Fredricks" <webmaster@planetarymapping.com> wrote:
>
>how can i detect if the heart of windows, explorer.exe, is running or not?
> im producing a shell for windows and wish to make sure it does not run
if
>explorer.exe is running.
>thanks in advanced,
>Robert Fredricks