> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:18:10 +0100 (BST) > From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> > cc: barkalow@xxxxxxxxxxxx, raa.lkml@xxxxxxxxx, ae@xxxxxx, tsuna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, > git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > That's a ``feature'': Explorer is the parent of all the desktop > > display. Kinda like the login shell on Unix: if you kill it, there > > goes your whole session. Except that on Windows, the OS pays > > attention and restarts Explorer right away to get you back in > > business. (In first versions of Windows, there was no restarting of > > Explorer, so if you killed it, you needed to reboot :-() > > I kinda knew that. But what's now with your recommendation to never run > Explorer? I meant not to open "My Computer" and use the GUI for browsing the directories. If you meant that the touching of files is done even if you don't open the GUI, then just ignore my advice: Explorer cannot be killed. I'm surprised that it touches files and directories, though... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
