Stardock Window Manager?

A minor question for Stardock dev types

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Hi everyone,

Since windows 7 appears to run the aero interface through an independent window manager "dwm", is it going to be conceivably possible to replace it with a 3rd party window manager? Could we one day maybe see a freekishly customizable stardock window manager directly in competition with the default interface, as apposed to being built on top of it? Similar to the way you can swap out your window manger on unix platforms.

Will going to all that trouble simply be unnecessary? Or does it not even work like that?

Sry I have not perused the windows api in some time ;P

Just curious...

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

dwm also exists in Vista and allowed for things like DeskScapes to be developed.  dwm isn't like the Gnome or KDE environments on *nix OSes, which are probably more compatible to the explorer shell in Windows.  However, if you're looking for a highly customizable UI, you might give DesktopX desktops a look see.

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