Hello again all. I've come back to getting explorer.exe working again now that I know how to look for dependencies properly.
This will enable you to launch a basic (ie, no taskbar/desktop) explorer.exe instance. Done in 64-bit WinPE 10.0.586.0 codebase but probably works on other architectures/versions too.
I will update the thread as I make progress with other explorer elements.
CLSIDs required
Not all of these may be necessary, and some will be in your base image. These are just all the 'hits' I found.
I have uploaded the data for these keys here, in a .bat file configured for HKCR\CLSID: http://www.mediafire...plorerBasic.zip
{031E4825-7B94-4DC3-B131-E946B44C8DD5}
{0340F119-A598-4ED9-B0AC-6F6A12D3E755}
{088E3905-0323-4B02-9826-5D99428E115F}
{08D5BFBF-FBCA-4322-9F70-CA9F66F8ED6A}
{0A30F902-8398-4EE8-86F7-4CFB589F04D1}
{0CA2640D-5B9C-4C59-A5FB-2DA61A7437CF}
{0E5AAE11-A475-4C5B-AB00-C66DE400274E}
{104846AB-42B1-4E38-A80D-136F78C3F258}
{1B1CAD8C-2DAB-11D2-B604-00104B703EFD}
{1CF1260C-4DD0-4EBB-811F-33C572699FDE}
{1EEB5B5A-06FB-4732-96B3-975C0194EB39}
{1F486A52-3CB1-48FD-8F50-B8DC300D9F9D}
{1F849CCE-2546-4B9F-B03E-4004781BDC40}
{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
{2155FEE3-2419-4373-B102-6843707EB41F}
{24AD3AD4-A569-4530-98E1-AB02F9417AA8}
{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}
{2933BF94-7B36-11D2-B20E-00C04F983E60}
{2D3468C1-36A7-43B6-AC24-D3F02FD9607A}
{3134EF9C-6B18-4996-AD04-ED5912E00EB5}
{33C53A50-F456-4884-B049-85FD643ECFED}
{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}
{3936E9E4-D92C-4EEE-A85A-BC16D5EA0819}
{3ADD1653-EB32-4CB0-BBD7-DFA0ABB5ACCA}
{3CE74DE4-53D3-4D74-8B83-431B3828BA53}
{3DFDF296-DBEC-4FB4-81D1-6A3438BCF4DE}
{4336A54D-038B-4685-AB02-99BB52D3FB8B}
{437FF9C0-A07F-4FA0-AF80-84B6C6440A16}
{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}
{4590F811-1D3A-11D0-891F-00AA004B2E24}
{4590F812-1D3A-11D0-891F-00AA004B2E24}
{4DF0C730-DF9D-4AE3-9153-AA6B82E9795A}
{50EF4544-AC9F-4A8E-B21B-8A26180DB13F}
{529A9E6B-6587-4F23-AB9E-9C7D683E3C50}
{5399E694-6CE5-4D6C-8FCE-1D8870FDCBA0}
{56AD4C5D-B908-4F85-8FF1-7940C29B3BCF}
{59031A47-3F72-44A7-89C5-5595FE6B30EE}
{5B4DAE26-B807-11D0-9815-00C04FD91972}
{5B53B2C2-46D6-433E-AB6E-B82EFEF22B6E}
{5B934B42-522B-4C34-BBFE-37A3EF7B9C90}
{62112AA1-EBE4-11CF-A5FB-0020AFE7292D}
{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
{674B6698-EE92-11D0-AD71-00C04FD8FDFF}
{679F85CB-0220-4080-B29B-5540CC05AAB6}
{75DFF2B7-6936-4C06-A8BB-676A7B00B24B}
{76765B11-3F95-4AF2-AC9D-EA55D8994F1A}
{78103FB7-AED7-4066-8BCD-30BB27B02331}
{7C857801-7381-11CF-884D-00AA004B2E24}
{7EB5FBE4-2100-49E6-8593-17E130122F91}
{7EFC002A-071F-4CE7-B265-F4B4263D2FD2}
{807C1E6C-1D00-453F-B920-B61BB7CDD997}
{82C588E7-E54B-408C-9F8C-6AF9ADF6F1E9}
{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}
{8BC3F05E-D86B-11D0-A075-00C04FB68820}
{8D1C559D-84F0-4BB3-A7D5-56A7435A9BA6}
{926749FA-2615-4987-8845-C33E65F2B957}
{934D4698-6A59-48F8-9F29-9FB30670320E}
{93A56381-E0CD-485A-B60E-67819E12F81B}
{9AC9FBE1-E0A2-4AD6-B4EE-E212013EA917}
{9BA05972-F6A8-11CF-A442-00A0C90A8F39}
{9FC8E510-A27C-4B3B-B9A3-BF65F00256A8}
{A0953C92-50DC-43BF-BE83-3742FED03C9C}
{A4B544A1-438D-4B41-9325-869523E2D6C7}
{A8CDFF1C-4878-43BE-B5FD-F8091C1C60D0}
{AB0B37EC-56F6-4A0E-A8FD-7A8BF7C2DA96}
{AB517586-73CF-489C-8D8C-5AE0EAD0613A}
{AD974AE2-E292-4083-A280-0342D68DAF55}
{AE054212-3535-4430-83ED-D501AA6680E6}
{B0A8F3CF-4333-4BAB-8873-1CCB1CADA48B}
{B155BDF8-02F0-451E-9A26-AE317CFD7779}
{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}
{B4FB3F98-C1EA-428D-A78A-D1F5659CBA93}
{B52D54BB-4818-4EB9-AA80-F9EACD371DF8}
{B77B1CBF-E827-44A9-A33A-6CCFEEAA142A}
{B8967F85-58AE-4F46-9FB2-5D7904798F4B}
{BDE9EE7C-329F-4FCF-BA7A-F8C6E9B4579D}
{C206F324-BB45-4765-93FF-3BCA7306FF2E}
{C90250F3-4D7D-4991-9B69-A5C5BC1C2AE6}
{D3162B92-9365-467A-956B-92703ACA08AF}
{D58960BA-2EF3-4910-9E34-C911B1710180}
{d63a5850-8f16-11cf-9f47-00aa00bf345c}
{D68AF00A-29CB-43FA-8504-CE99A996D9EA}
{D92BD3B9-99A0-4334-A497-11BCB093E9D2}
{DFFACDC5-679F-4156-8947-C5C76BC0B67F}
{E7D35CFA-348B-485E-B524-252725D697CA}
{EAC8A024-21E2-4523-AD73-A71A0AA2F56A}
{EDC978D6-4D53-4B2F-A265-5805674BE568}
{F0AE1542-F497-484B-A175-A20DB09144BA}
{F324E4F9-8496-40B2-A1FF-9617C1C9AFFE}
{F3364BA0-65B9-11CE-A9BA-00AA004AE837}
{F5A8B627-4D46-4D65-92F3-73626AE31971}
{F5FB2C77-0E2F-4A16-A381-3E560C68BC83}
{F6D90F12-9C73-11D3-B32E-00C04F990BB4}
{F86FA3AB-70D2-4FC7-9C99-FCBF05467F3A}
Modules loaded
Again, not all may be necessary, and many will be in your base image. Come to think of it, you may need the files at Program Files\Internet Explorer too, though none were flagged up in ProcMon that I could see.
X:\Windows\explorer.exe
X:\Windows\en-GB\explorer.exe.mui
X:\Windows\System32\actxprxy.dll
X:\Windows\System32\advapi32.dll
X:\Windows\System32\atlthunk.dll
X:\Windows\System32\bcrypt.dll
X:\Windows\System32\bcryptprimitives.dll
X:\Windows\System32\cfgmgr32.dll
X:\Windows\System32\cfgmgr32.dll
X:\Windows\System32\combase.dll
X:\Windows\System32\crypt32.dll
X:\Windows\System32\cscapi.dll
X:\Windows\System32\d3d11.dll
X:\Windows\System32\DataExchange.dll
X:\Windows\System32\dcomp.dll
X:\Windows\System32\dui70.dll
X:\Windows\System32\duser.dll
X:\Windows\System32\dwmapi.dll
X:\Windows\System32\dxgi.dll
X:\Windows\System32\edputil.dll
X:\Windows\System32\ExplorerFrame.dll
X:\Windows\System32\gdi32.dll
X:\Windows\System32\imm32.dll
X:\Windows\System32\kernel.appcore.dll
X:\Windows\System32\kernel32.dll
X:\Windows\System32\KernelBase.dll
X:\Windows\System32\mpr.dll
X:\Windows\System32\MrmCoreR.dll
X:\Windows\System32\msasn1.dll
X:\Windows\System32\msctf.dll
X:\Windows\System32\msftedit.dll
X:\Windows\System32\msvcrt.dll
X:\Windows\System32\netutils.dll
X:\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll
X:\Windows\System32\ntlanman.dll
X:\Windows\System32\ntshrui.dll
X:\Windows\System32\ole32.dll
X:\Windows\System32\oleaut32.dll
X:\Windows\System32\powrprof.dll
X:\Windows\System32\profapi.dll
X:\Windows\System32\propsys.dll
X:\Windows\System32\rpcrt4.dll
X:\Windows\System32\sechost.dll
X:\Windows\System32\SHCore.dll
X:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll
X:\Windows\System32\shlwapi.dll
X:\Windows\System32\srvcli.dll
X:\Windows\System32\sspicli.dll
X:\Windows\System32\StructuredQuery.dll
X:\Windows\System32\thumbcache.dll
X:\Windows\System32\twinapi.appcore.dll
X:\Windows\System32\twinapi.dll
X:\Windows\System32\UIRibbon.dll
X:\Windows\System32\user32.dll
X:\Windows\System32\userenv.dll
X:\Windows\System32\uxtheme.dll
X:\Windows\System32\windows.storage.dll
X:\Windows\System32\WindowsCodecs.dll
X:\Windows\System32\winmm.dll
X:\Windows\System32\winmmbase.dll
X:\Windows\System32\wkscli.dll
X:\Windows\System32\xmllite.dll
Edited by spleenharvester, 10 July 2016 - 06:04 AM.