Killing the explorer process

manolito

Maybe a little OT, but... I am having some trouble killing the explorer a process from inside a C# application. I am using the line System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("explorer")[0].Kill(); and it works partially, because it kills the process, but it restarts immidiately after it died. This is probably not a direct C# issue, but what can i do to kill it "permanently"? If i kill the process using task manager, it dies and stays dead until i start it again manually. Can i do this from inside the C# app?

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ssswamii23y ago
Oooh interesting project. To make something fullscreen, I'm sure you can P/Invoke the Win32 API to hide the taskbar, then set the size of your app to be fullscreen. You could also use managed DirectX to launch a fullscreen app (probably the easier option).
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manolito23y ago
:) don't worry. I'm building a UI where i want to get rid of the desktop metaphore. My app is the "only" thing that should run on the computer. An alternative would be a fullscreen application. Like the Internet Explorer in kiosk mode, where it covers the taskbar and start button. Anybody knows how to do that?
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ssswamii23y ago
Actually I think this is something built into Windows. Sometimes I'll kill explorer from the task manager and it will start up a new instance of explorer automatically. The real question is, why would you want to kill explorer? I hope your not writing any malicious code. :)
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