While the Shell process can be any application (xxx.EXE), PMSHELL.EXE is the default. This section describes the behavior of PMSHELL.EXE specifically. The important features of the Shell process are as follows:

• The Starter thread is always running on the main Shell process.

• If the Starter thread detects that the Workplace process is not started or has died, it will automatically restart it.

The threads in this section are initiated from the Shell process and are closely tied to the functioning of the Workplace process.