EEShell

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The next EEShell version will be EEShell4.

The current EEShell version is EEShell2 0.9.1.

Welcome to the home page of EEShell, a free replacement shell for 32- and 64-bit Windows. (The shell is what you see when all other programs are closed. The default shell for 32- and 64-bit Windows is Explorer, which provides the Start menu, the taskbar, the desktop, and a number of other things.)

EEShell, EEShell2, EEShell3, EEShell4, and all variations thereof, were written by Erik Siers, and are hosted on Sourceforge.

Click here to go to the EEShell project page. (Click the SF.net logo to go to the SF.net front page.)

The current features of EEShell (not shared by all variations) include:

small file size
memory usage usually better than Explorer
It's not Explorer
other things that are only of interest to programmers

My old to-do list is on a seperate page: To-Do

Some things I never plan to write for EEShell:

anything that takes a big chunk of my time
anything that I don't care to write for myself

Anyone who wants to create new features is welcome to submit their code.

The main purpose of EEShell is to provide me with a shell that does what I want. I reviewed some of the more popular shells (and some of the less popular ones) and didn't like any of them 100%, so I wrote my own. (I'm not entirely happy with EEShell either -- not yet, maybe never -- but I'm in control of it, and believe me, that's a huge bonus.)

The original version of EEShell (v0.0) was sub-minimal and semi-functional. It's entire purpose was to use less memory than Explorer (and I believe it did, but I don't really remember; it's been over 20 years). The source code for that original version has unfortunately been lost, but the program is available for download, if you want it. (I ran it through WDASM a few years ago; the results are available on the SF.net download page.) EEShell 1.0, the most recent EEShell version, was written in PowerBasic 8.0, and both source and executable are available for download.

Sources for most versions of EEShell can be found on the download page.

EEShell2 0.9.1, the current version. Click the image to go to the screenshots page.

LAST CHANGED 16-FEB-2010