A user sent me a PM and presented me with this question:
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"I followed the shell into front end instructions. Now, when I close my front end, I just see the background and nothing else. How to I get back into explorer?"
Windows was booted with the shell of your front end. The shell is your GUI (Graphical User Interface). When you exit the front end, you have no more GUI.
To jumpstart explorer, hit CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring up the Task Manager (if you see an NT logon box, click the Task Manager button). Click File > New Task (Run...) and enter explorer.exe When you hit OK or enter, magically explorer starts up complete with taskbar and all you icons and such.
Hint: You can jump right into regedit and change the shell back to explorer should you change your mind or have problems.
Derek