Good Windows shell replacement [closed]

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Published on 2009-08-04T01:14:38Z Indexed on 2012/10/07 15:40 UTC
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I'm looking for a shell replacement for Windows, instead of Explorer. The features I'm looking at are:

a task bar
a tray bar
an application launcher (I mostly use Launchy for that, but I need a launcher for those applications I forget the name...)

The lighter and the easier to configure, the better!

I'm currently using Emerge, but I found it a little buggy. I tried many others, but I never found something convincing.

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