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List of alternative shells for Windows
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_Start_menu_replacements_for_Windows_8/97cAYfQV">Comparison of Start menu replacements for Windows 8</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_X_Window_System_desktop_environments/tRguKMeE">Comparison of X Window System desktop environments</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Desktop_environment/VXBpMWnG">Desktop environment</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/History_of_the_graphical_user_interface/K2NXGuGh">History of the graphical user interface</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Microsoft_Bob/tIx29zDj">Microsoft Bob</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Removal_of_Internet_Explorer/KRvBuMwH">Removal of Internet Explorer</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li>Liming, Sean (August 2003). <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms838576.aspx">"Windows XP Embedded – Different Shells for Different Users"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/Microsoft_Developer_Network/q2EJdDx2">Microsoft Developer Network</a></i>. <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>. Retrieved 15 November 2011.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Cairo Shell Homepage". Cairo Development Team. 30 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2024. <a href="https://cairoshell.com/" target="_blank">https://cairoshell.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Classic Shell no longer in development. Source code released". Retrieved 3 January 2024. <a href="http://www.classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8147" target="_blank">http://www.classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8147</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"emergedesktop.org has shutdown". Emerge. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150511035450/http://www.emergedesktop.org/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150511035450/http://www.emergedesktop.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>phil (18 April 2007). "The road ahead is a cliff face". LDE(x) Forums. Archived from the original on 26 October 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071026200020/http://ldex.terica.net/community/comments.php?DiscussionID=19&page=1" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20071026200020/http://ldex.terica.net/community/comments.php?DiscussionID=19&page=1</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Donelle (11 January 2017). "Re: Added .NET Framework interoperability to the core and started a c# binding library". GitHub. Retrieved 25 March 2017. <a href="https://github.com/lsdev/LiteStep/pull/1#issuecomment-271501364" target="_blank">https://github.com/lsdev/LiteStep/pull/1#issuecomment-271501364</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"ReactOS Explorer". ReactOS Project. Retrieved 16 May 2014. <a href="http://www.reactos.org/" target="_blank">http://www.reactos.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"ReactOS Explorer source code". ReactOS Project. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170708041730/https://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos/trunk/reactos/base/shell/explorer/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170708041730/https://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos/trunk/reactos/base/shell/explorer/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Fuchs, Martin. "ReactOS Explorer (original author, details)". Retrieved 16 May 2014. <a href="http://www.foxplanet.de/explorer/" target="_blank">http://www.foxplanet.de/explorer/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Download SharpEnviro". Retrieved 3 January 2024. <a href="https://sharpe.sourceforge.net/Download.html" target="_blank">https://sharpe.sourceforge.net/Download.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Talisman Desktop". LightTek Software. Retrieved 15 July 2016. <a href="http://www.lighttek.com/talisman.htm" target="_blank">http://www.lighttek.com/talisman.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Talisman Desktop News, no updates since Aug 15, 2011". LightTek Software. Retrieved 15 July 2016. <a href="http://www.lighttek.com/talismannew.htm" target="_blank">http://www.lighttek.com/talismannew.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>