Thread.new {
                until fetch_application('Core') do
                    sleep 0.333
                end
                window_record = ::GxG::VFS.open('/ROM/windows/Studio')
                if window_record
                    fetch_application('Core').create_window({:resource => window_record})
                end
            }
            Thread.new {
                until fetch_application('Core') do
                    sleep 2.0
                end
                # work around for strange bug: will only show the window *after* told to shut down (weird).
                fetch_application('Core').shutdown
            }
            ::Core::launch