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Samanai:
I'm stuck on a question that I'm hopeful someone here can help me out with.  In a nutshell (no pun intended), I tried to "Shell" Mala as described in the Wiki (see below).  It works great, right up to the point where I try and exit from Mala and launch explorer.exe as my exit application.  Every time I do that, Mala gets hung up and won't terminate, and my computer slows to the speed of molasses, even after I use task manager to end Mala.  I have the same exact issues when I use the shell utility found at this link: http://tomspeirs.com/gameex/shell.htm, so I don't think it's just me.  Any ideas on what's going on?  Suggestions on how to make this work properly? 



RELEVANT PASSAGE FROM THE WIKI:
Replacing Explorer With Your FE In XP
To almost completely bypass Windows and its trimmings, you may want to set up your front end as a shell.

Note: To do this automagically during startup in XP your computer may be a part of a workgroup, but it CAN'T be part of a domain.
Here is the process to follow in order to set up your front end as a shell:




You must have at least 2 users with admin privileges
Open the user that will be auto logged in to the account that will be running your front end as a shell. This user should have admin rights.
Set XP to automate the login process.
Click start >run >type
control userpasswords2Deselect the Users must enter a username and password... checkbox.
Click Apply
Enter the user & pass you want to login with & click OK
Click OK again
Configure your front end... this is not a trial run, so make sure it's the way you want it. You can always get the explorer back, but it will take a minute or two to do so.
Open regedit and find
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping\system.ini\bootFind a string entry called Shell.
Change the first 3 letters (which should read SYS) to USR. The path after USR will look different for your system, but it should appear similar to this: USR:BLAH\BLAH\BLAH. This tells windows to ignore the system

loadman:
Your'e not doing anything wrong.  ;)

MaLa is not shutting down properly when you use the option to 'launch an app on exit'

I will bring this to the attention of SWINDUS    :P

Samanai:
Thanks Loadman.  I just figured that if it was a software issue and not a
"me" issue, someone else would have run into it by now

loadman:
It is a Newish feature. I did discover the bug but failed to report it a few weeks ago

Sorry

Samanai:
No apologies needed.  Thanks for the help!

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