Windows Shell Replacement

There are a number of ways to replace the Windows Default Shell.  I found the Sharpe Shell about the easiest to work with.  Couple of things that you will notice is that you cannot just drag and drop icons to your new desktop, you have to create them as objects.  So, Explorer Desktop it is not.  The menuing system is pretty nices as well as the bars.

Overall, Sharpe Shell is pretty easy to run and does not take up a ton of resources.  If you don't like what you are seeing - It is very easy to switch back to Windows Explorer.

It is literally as easys as:
Unzipping the file in to a folder
Navigating to the folder and running the SETSHELL.EXE to change from Explorer
And restarting the computer - It will prompt you to do so..

There is Litestep, Emerge, Geo Shell and others out there.

Sharpe Shell
Website: Sharpe Shell > You will want the TDR4+
Author: Avira
Date: 05/24/2008
Version: 8.0
Download File size: 12MB (you will need to open .7z files) http://trac.sharpe-shell.org/wiki/TDSetup
License: Freeware
Operating systems supported:  Windows 2000 - XP, Vista (have not tried)
64 Bit Capable: No
Portable version available: no
Other languages supported: yes
Additional Software Required: no