# Shell Contract Report

DevFeed: [Shell Contract Report](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/shell-contract-report-33243.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/project-news/shell-contract-report/>)

Published: 2014-01-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>)

Tags: [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/report.md>), [screenshots](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/screenshots.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

The report describes a ReactOS Foundation development contract focused on improving shell support and getting explorer_new running. It reviews the project's shell architecture, including the decision not to depend on Wine's shell32 implementation, and explains why explorer_new was initially developed on Windows 8 while ReactOS functionality remained incomplete.

## Source excerpt

Several months ago the ReactOS Foundation issued a development contract to Giannis Adamopoulos to work on improving ReactOS' shell support. The end goal of this work was to get explorer_new running, though it was understood from the onset that a single contract may not be sufficient to finish the project. Still, the first contract would at least provide a solid foundation that could be built upon. The fruits of Giannis' work were recently previewed with screenshots of explorer_new running on Windows 8 and its inclusion into ReactOS, even though not all functionality is working.