Continued with taskbar implementation, but ran into WPF's UI thread / UI element restriction. Current state does not work, as UI elements cannot be created on a non-UI thread. Must find proper solution to this problem...

SafeExamBrowser.Browser/BrowserApplicationInfo.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 ETH Zürich, Educational Development and Technology (LET)
+ * 
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Configuration;
+
+namespace SafeExamBrowser.Browser
+{
+	public class BrowserApplicationInfo : IApplicationInfo
+	{
+		public string Name => "Chromium Browser";
+		public string Tooltip => Name;
+		public IApplicationIconResource IconResource { get; } = new BrowserIconResource();
+	}
+}

SafeExamBrowser.Browser/BrowserIconResource.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 ETH Zürich, Educational Development and Technology (LET)
+ * 
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+using System;
+using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Configuration;
+
+namespace SafeExamBrowser.Browser
+{
+	public class BrowserIconResource : IApplicationIconResource
+	{
+		public Uri Uri => new Uri("pack://application:,,,/SafeExamBrowser.Browser;component/Images/ChromiumLogo.png");
+		public bool IsUriResource => true;
+	}
+}

SafeExamBrowser.Browser/Images/ChromiumLogo_Attribution.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The "Chromium 11 Logo" by The Chromium Development Documentation Project / The Chromium Authors is licensed under
+Creative Commons attribution 2.5. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chromium_11_Logo.svg

SafeExamBrowser.Browser/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following
+// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
+// associated with an assembly.
+[assembly: AssemblyTitle("SafeExamBrowser.Browser")]
+[assembly: AssemblyDescription("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCompany("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyProduct("SafeExamBrowser.Browser")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright ©  2017")]
+[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
+
+// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible
+// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from
+// COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
+[assembly: ComVisible(false)]
+
+// The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM
+[assembly: Guid("04e653f1-98e6-4e34-9dd7-7f2bc1a8b767")]
+
+// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
+//
+//      Major Version
+//      Minor Version
+//      Build Number
+//      Revision
+//
+// You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers
+// by using the '*' as shown below:
+// [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]

SafeExamBrowser.Browser/SafeExamBrowser.Browser.csproj

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
+    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
+    <ProjectGuid>{04E653F1-98E6-4E34-9DD7-7F2BC1A8B767}</ProjectGuid>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
+    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
+    <RootNamespace>SafeExamBrowser.Browser</RootNamespace>
+    <AssemblyName>SafeExamBrowser.Browser</AssemblyName>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
+    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="System" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="BrowserApplicationInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="BrowserIconResource.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\SafeExamBrowser.Contracts\SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.csproj">
+      <Project>{47DA5933-BEF8-4729-94E6-ABDE2DB12262}</Project>
+      <Name>SafeExamBrowser.Contracts</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup />
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="Images\ChromiumLogo_Attribution.txt" />
+    <Resource Include="Images\ChromiumLogo.png" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
+</Project>

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/Behaviour/IApplicationController.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 ETH Zürich, Educational Development and Technology (LET)
+ * 
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.UserInterface;
+
+namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Behaviour
+{
+	public interface IApplicationController
+	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The handler to be executed when an application's taskbar button gets clicked.
+		/// </summary>
+		TaskbarButtonClickHandler OnClick { get; }
+	}
+}

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/Behaviour/IShutdownController.cs

@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
  */
 
-namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Configuration
+namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Behaviour
 {
 	public interface IShutdownController
 	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Reverts any changes performed during the startup or runtime and releases all used resources.
+		/// </summary>
 		void FinalizeApplication();
 	}
 }

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/Behaviour/IStartupController.cs

@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
  */
 
-namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Configuration
+namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Behaviour
 {
 	public interface IStartupController
 	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Tries to initialize the application. Returns <c>true</c> if the initialization was successful,
+		/// <c>false</c> otherwise.
+		/// </summary>
 		bool TryInitializeApplication();
 	}
 }

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/Configuration/IApplicationIconResource.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 ETH Zürich, Educational Development and Technology (LET)
+ * 
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+using System;
+
+namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Configuration
+{
+	public interface IApplicationIconResource
+	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The <c>Uri</c> pointing to the application icon.
+		/// </summary>
+		Uri Uri { get; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Indicates whether the icon resource consists of a <c>Uri</c>.
+		/// </summary>
+		bool IsUriResource { get; }
+	}
+}

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/Configuration/IApplicationInfo.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 ETH Zürich, Educational Development and Technology (LET)
+ * 
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Configuration
+{
+	public interface IApplicationInfo
+	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The name of the application.
+		/// </summary>
+		string Name { get; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The tooltip for the application.
+		/// </summary>
+		string Tooltip { get; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The resource providing the application icon.
+		/// </summary>
+		IApplicationIconResource IconResource { get; }
+	}
+}

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/Configuration/ISettings.cs

@@ -10,9 +10,24 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Configuration
 {
 	public interface ISettings
 	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The copyright information for the application, to be displayed in e.g. the log or the splash screen.
+		/// </summary>
 		string CopyrightInfo { get; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The path where the log files are to be stored.
+		/// </summary>
 		string LogFolderPath { get; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The information to be printed at the beginning of the application log.
+		/// </summary>
 		string LogHeader { get; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The program version of the application.
+		/// </summary>
 		string ProgramVersion { get; }
 	}
 }

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/I18n/IText.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.I18n
 {
 	public interface IText
 	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets the text associated with the specified key. If the key was not found, a default text indicating
+		/// that the given key is not configured shall be returned.
+		/// </summary>
 		string Get(Key key);
 	}
 }

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/I18n/ITextResource.cs

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.I18n
 {
 	public interface ITextResource
 	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Loads all text data from a resource.
+		/// </summary>
 		IDictionary<Key, string> LoadText();
 	}
 }

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/I18n/Key.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
 namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.I18n
 {
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Defines all text components of the user interface.
+	/// </summary>
 	public enum Key
 	{
 		MessageBox_ShutdownError,

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/Logging/ILogContent.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ using System;
 
 namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Logging
 {
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Defines a content element of the application log.
+	/// </summary>
 	public interface ILogContent : ICloneable
 	{
 	}

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/Logging/ILogMessage.cs

@@ -12,9 +12,24 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Logging
 {
 	public interface ILogMessage : ILogContent
 	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The date when the message was logged.
+		/// </summary>
 		DateTime DateTime { get; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The severity of the message.
+		/// </summary>
 		LogLevel Severity { get; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The message itself.
+		/// </summary>
 		string Message { get; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Information about the thread on which the message was logged.
+		/// </summary>
 		IThreadInfo ThreadInfo { get; }
 	}
 }

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/Logging/ILogObserver.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Logging
 {
 	public interface ILogObserver
 	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Notifies an observer once new content has been added to the application log.
+		/// </summary>
 		void Notify(ILogContent content);
 	}
 }

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/Logging/ILogText.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Logging
 {
 	public interface ILogText : ILogContent
 	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The raw text to be appended to the application log.
+		/// </summary>
 		string Text { get; }
 	}
 }

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/Logging/ILogger.cs

@@ -13,14 +13,50 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Logging
 {
 	public interface ILogger
 	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Logs the given message with severity <b>INFO</b>.
+		/// </summary>
 		void Info(string message);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Logs the given message with severity <b>WARNING</b>.
+		/// </summary>
 		void Warn(string message);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Logs the given message with severity <b>ERROR</b>.
+		/// </summary>
 		void Error(string message);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Logs the given message with severity <b>ERROR</b> and includes information about
+		/// the specified exception (i.e. type, message and stacktrace).
+		/// </summary>
 		void Error(string message, Exception exception);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Logs the given message as raw text.
+		/// </summary>
 		void Log(string message);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Appends the given content to the log.
+		/// </summary>
 		void Log(ILogContent content);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Suscribes an observer to the application log.
+		/// </summary>
 		void Subscribe(ILogObserver observer);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Unsubscribes an observer from the application log.
+		/// </summary>
 		void Unsubscribe(ILogObserver observer);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Returns a copy of the current log content.
+		/// </summary>
 		IList<ILogContent> GetLog();
 	}
 }

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/Logging/IThreadInfo.cs

@@ -12,8 +12,19 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Logging
 {
 	public interface IThreadInfo : ICloneable
 	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The id of the thread.
+		/// </summary>
 		int Id { get; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The thread's name.
+		/// </summary>
 		string Name { get; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// A flag indicating whether the thread has a name.
+		/// </summary>
 		bool HasName { get; }
 	}
 }

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/Logging/LogLevel.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
 namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Logging
 {
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Defines the severity levels of the application log.
+	/// </summary>
 	public enum LogLevel
 	{
 		Info = 1,

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.csproj

@@ -40,9 +40,12 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="Behaviour\IApplicationController.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Configuration\IApplicationIconResource.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Configuration\IApplicationInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Configuration\ISettings.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Configuration\IShutdownController.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Configuration\IStartupController.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Behaviour\IShutdownController.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Behaviour\IStartupController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="I18n\IText.cs" />
     <Compile Include="I18n\Key.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logging\ILogContent.cs" />
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@
     <Compile Include="I18n\ITextResource.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UserInterface\ITaskbarButton.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="UserInterface\IUiElementFactory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UserInterface\MessageBoxAction.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UserInterface\MessageBoxIcon.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/UserInterface/IMessageBox.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.UserInterface
 {
 	public interface IMessageBox
 	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Shows a message box according to the specified parameters.
+		/// </summary>
 		void Show(string message, string title, MessageBoxAction action = MessageBoxAction.Confirm, MessageBoxIcon icon = MessageBoxIcon.Information);
 	}
 }

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/UserInterface/ISplashScreen.cs

@@ -12,9 +12,24 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.UserInterface
 {
 	public interface ISplashScreen : ILogObserver
 	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Closes the splash screen.
+		/// </summary>
 		void Close();
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Set the maximum of the splash screen's progress bar.
+		/// </summary>
 		void SetMaxProgress(int max);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Shows the splash screen to the user.
+		/// </summary>
 		void Show();
-		void UpdateProgress();
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Updates the progress bar of the splash screen according to the specified amount.
+		/// </summary>
+		void UpdateProgress(int amount = 1);
 	}
 }

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/UserInterface/ITaskbar.cs

@@ -10,9 +10,24 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.UserInterface
 {
 	public interface ITaskbar
 	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Adds the given application button to the taskbar.
+		/// </summary>
 		void AddButton(ITaskbarButton button);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Moves the taskbar to the given location on the screen.
+		/// </summary>
 		void SetPosition(int x, int y);
-		void SetSize(int widht, int height);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Sets the size of the taskbar.
+		/// </summary>
+		void SetSize(int width, int height);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Displays the taskbar on the screen.
+		/// </summary>
 		void Show();
 	}
 }

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/UserInterface/ITaskbarButton.cs

@@ -6,12 +6,31 @@
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
  */
 
+using System;
+
 namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.UserInterface
 {
-	public delegate void TaskbarButtonClickHandler();
+	public delegate void TaskbarButtonClickHandler(Guid? instanceId = null);
 
 	public interface ITaskbarButton
 	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// OnClick handler, executed when the user clicks on the application button. If multiple instances of
+		/// an application are active, the handler is only executed when the user selects one of the instances.
+		/// </summary>
 		event TaskbarButtonClickHandler OnClick;
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Registers a new instance of an application, to be displayed when the user clicks the taskbar button.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="id">The identifier for the application instance.</param>
+		/// <param name="title">An optional title to be displayed (if multiple instances are active).</param>
+		void RegisterInstance(Guid id, string title = null);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Unregisters an application instance, e.g. if it gets closed.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="id">The identifier for the application instance.</param>
+		void UnregisterInstance(Guid id);
 	}
 }

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/UserInterface/IUiElementFactory.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 ETH Zürich, Educational Development and Technology (LET)
+ * 
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Configuration;
+
+namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.UserInterface
+{
+	public interface IUiElementFactory
+	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Creates a taskbar button, initialized with the given application information.
+		/// </summary>
+		ITaskbarButton CreateButton(IApplicationInfo info);
+	}
+}

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/UserInterface/MessageBoxAction.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
 namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.UserInterface
 {
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Defines all actions available for a message box.
+	/// </summary>
 	public enum MessageBoxAction
 	{
 		Confirm

SafeExamBrowser.Contracts/UserInterface/MessageBoxIcon.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
 namespace SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.UserInterface
 {
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Defines all icons available in a message box.
+	/// </summary>
 	public enum MessageBoxIcon
 	{
 		Information,

SafeExamBrowser.Core/Behaviour/ShutdownController.cs

@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
  */
 
 using System;
-using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Configuration;
+using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Behaviour;
 using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.I18n;
 using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Logging;
 using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.UserInterface;
 
-namespace SafeExamBrowser.Core.Configuration
+namespace SafeExamBrowser.Core.Behaviour
 {
 	public class ShutdownController : IShutdownController
 	{

SafeExamBrowser.Core/Behaviour/StartupController.cs

@@ -8,30 +8,35 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Threading;
+using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Behaviour;
 using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Configuration;
 using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.I18n;
 using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Logging;
 using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.UserInterface;
 
-namespace SafeExamBrowser.Core.Configuration
+namespace SafeExamBrowser.Core.Behaviour
 {
 	public class StartupController : IStartupController
 	{
+		private IApplicationInfo browserInfo;
 		private ILogger logger;
 		private IMessageBox messageBox;
 		private ISettings settings;
 		private ISplashScreen splashScreen;
 		private ITaskbar taskbar;
 		private IText text;
+		private IUiElementFactory uiFactory;
 
-		public StartupController(ILogger logger, IMessageBox messageBox, ISettings settings, ISplashScreen splashScreen, ITaskbar taskbar, IText text)
+		public StartupController(IApplicationInfo browserInfo, ILogger logger, IMessageBox messageBox, ISettings settings, ISplashScreen splashScreen, ITaskbar taskbar, IText text, IUiElementFactory uiFactory)
 		{
+			this.browserInfo = browserInfo;
 			this.logger = logger;
 			this.messageBox = messageBox;
 			this.settings = settings;
 			this.splashScreen = splashScreen;
 			this.taskbar = taskbar;
 			this.text = text;
+			this.uiFactory = uiFactory;
 		}
 
 		public bool TryInitializeApplication()
@@ -41,10 +46,15 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Core.Configuration
 				logger.Log(settings.LogHeader);
 				logger.Log($"{Environment.NewLine}# Application started at {DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff")}{Environment.NewLine}");
 				logger.Info("Initiating startup procedure.");
-
 				logger.Subscribe(splashScreen);
 
-				splashScreen.SetMaxProgress(4);
+				splashScreen.SetMaxProgress(3);
+				logger.Info("Initializing browser.");
+
+				var browserButton = uiFactory.CreateButton(browserInfo);
+
+				taskbar.AddButton(browserButton);
+
 				splashScreen.UpdateProgress();
 
 				// TODO (depending on specification):
@@ -72,8 +82,6 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Core.Configuration
 				logger.Info("Closing splash screen.");
 
 				Thread.Sleep(1000);
-
-				splashScreen.UpdateProgress();
 				logger.Unsubscribe(splashScreen);
 				logger.Info("Application successfully initialized!");
 

SafeExamBrowser.Core/Logging/LogMessage.cs

@@ -20,15 +20,10 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Core.Entities
 
 		public LogMessage(DateTime dateTime, LogLevel severity, string message, IThreadInfo threadInfo)
 		{
-			if (threadInfo == null)
-			{
-				throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(threadInfo));
-			}
-
 			DateTime = dateTime;
 			Severity = severity;
 			Message = message;
-			ThreadInfo = threadInfo;
+			ThreadInfo = threadInfo ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(threadInfo));
 		}
 
 		public object Clone()

SafeExamBrowser.Core/SafeExamBrowser.Core.csproj

@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Configuration\Settings.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Configuration\ShutdownController.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Configuration\StartupController.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Behaviour\ShutdownController.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Behaviour\StartupController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logging\LogFileWriter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Logging\LogMessage.cs" />
     <Compile Include="I18n\Text.cs" />

SafeExamBrowser.UserInterface/Controls/TaskbarButton.xaml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
              mc:Ignorable="d" 
              d:DesignHeight="40" d:DesignWidth="40">
     <Grid>
-        <Button x:Name="Button" Background="#00000000" BorderThickness="0">
+        <Button x:Name="Button" Background="#00000000" BorderThickness="0" Click="Button_Click" Padding="5">
             <Image x:Name="IconImage" />
         </Button>
     </Grid>

SafeExamBrowser.UserInterface/Controls/TaskbarButton.xaml.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Windows.Controls;
 using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
+using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Configuration;
 using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.UserInterface;
 
 namespace SafeExamBrowser.UserInterface.Controls
@@ -17,17 +18,44 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.UserInterface.Controls
 	{
 		public event TaskbarButtonClickHandler OnClick;
 
-		public TaskbarButton(string imageUri)
+		public TaskbarButton(IApplicationInfo info)
 		{
 			InitializeComponent();
+			InitializeButton(info);
+		}
 
-			var icon = new BitmapImage();
+		public void RegisterInstance(Guid id, string title = null)
+		{
+			throw new NotImplementedException();
+		}
 
-			icon.BeginInit();
-			icon.UriSource = new Uri(imageUri);
-			icon.EndInit();
+		public void UnregisterInstance(Guid id)
+		{
+			throw new NotImplementedException();
+		}
 
-			IconImage.Source = icon;
+		private void InitializeButton(IApplicationInfo info)
+		{
+			Button.ToolTip = info.Tooltip;
+			
+			if (info.IconResource.IsUriResource)
+			{
+				var icon = new BitmapImage();
+
+				icon.BeginInit();
+				icon.UriSource = info.IconResource.Uri;
+				icon.EndInit();
+
+				IconImage.Source = icon;
+			}
+		}
+
+		private void Button_Click(object sender, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs e)
+		{
+			// TODO
+			OnClick?.Invoke();
+
+			throw new NotImplementedException();
 		}
 	}
 }

SafeExamBrowser.UserInterface/SafeExamBrowser.UserInterface.csproj

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Taskbar.xaml.cs">
       <DependentUpon>Taskbar.xaml</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="UiElementFactory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ViewModels\DateTimeViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ViewModels\SplashScreenViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="WpfMessageBox.cs" />

SafeExamBrowser.UserInterface/SplashScreen.xaml.cs

@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.UserInterface
 			model.MaxProgress = max;
 		}
 
-		public void UpdateProgress()
+		public void UpdateProgress(int amount = 1)
 		{
-			model.CurrentProgress += 1;
+			model.CurrentProgress += amount;
 		}
 	}
 }

SafeExamBrowser.UserInterface/Taskbar.xaml.cs

@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.UserInterface
 			Top = y;
 		}
 
-		public void SetSize(int widht, int height)
+		public void SetSize(int width, int height)
 		{
-			Width = widht;
+			Width = width;
 			Height = height;
 		}
 	}

SafeExamBrowser.UserInterface/UiElementFactory.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 ETH Zürich, Educational Development and Technology (LET)
+ * 
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Configuration;
+using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.UserInterface;
+using SafeExamBrowser.UserInterface.Controls;
+
+namespace SafeExamBrowser.UserInterface
+{
+	public class UiElementFactory : IUiElementFactory
+	{
+		public ITaskbarButton CreateButton(IApplicationInfo info)
+		{
+			return new TaskbarButton(info);
+		}
+	}
+}

SafeExamBrowser.sln

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "SafeExamBrowser.Core.UnitTe
 EndProject
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "SafeExamBrowser.Contracts", "SafeExamBrowser.Contracts\SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.csproj", "{47DA5933-BEF8-4729-94E6-ABDE2DB12262}"
 EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "SafeExamBrowser.Browser", "SafeExamBrowser.Browser\SafeExamBrowser.Browser.csproj", "{04E653F1-98E6-4E34-9DD7-7F2BC1A8B767}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
@@ -45,6 +47,10 @@ Global
 		{47DA5933-BEF8-4729-94E6-ABDE2DB12262}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{47DA5933-BEF8-4729-94E6-ABDE2DB12262}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{47DA5933-BEF8-4729-94E6-ABDE2DB12262}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{04E653F1-98E6-4E34-9DD7-7F2BC1A8B767}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{04E653F1-98E6-4E34-9DD7-7F2BC1A8B767}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{04E653F1-98E6-4E34-9DD7-7F2BC1A8B767}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{04E653F1-98E6-4E34-9DD7-7F2BC1A8B767}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE

SafeExamBrowser/App.cs

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser
 	public class App : Application
 	{
 		private static readonly Mutex mutex = new Mutex(true, "safe_exam_browser_single_instance_mutex");
-
 		private CompositionRoot instances;
 
 		[STAThread]
@@ -78,14 +77,18 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser
 
 			if (success)
 			{
-				instances.Taskbar.Dispatcher.Invoke(() =>
+				Dispatcher.Invoke(() =>
 				{
 					MainWindow = instances.Taskbar;
 					MainWindow.Show();
 				});
 			}
+			else
+			{
+				Dispatcher.Invoke(Shutdown);
+			}
 
-			instances.SplashScreen.Dispatcher.Invoke(instances.SplashScreen.Close);
+			Dispatcher.Invoke(instances.SplashScreen.Close);
 		}
 	}
 }

SafeExamBrowser/CompositionRoot.cs

@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
  */
 
-using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Configuration;
-using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.I18n;
-using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Logging;
-using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.UserInterface;
+using SafeExamBrowser.Browser;
+using SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.Behaviour;
+using SafeExamBrowser.Core.Behaviour;
 using SafeExamBrowser.Core.Configuration;
 using SafeExamBrowser.Core.I18n;
 using SafeExamBrowser.Core.Logging;
@@ -19,28 +18,27 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser
 {
 	internal class CompositionRoot
 	{
-		public ILogger Logger { get; private set; }
-		public IMessageBox MessageBox { get; private set; }
-		public ISettings Settings { get; private set; }
 		public IShutdownController ShutdownController { get; set; }
 		public IStartupController StartupController { get; private set; }
-		public IText Text { get; private set; }
+
 		public SplashScreen SplashScreen { get; private set; }
 		public Taskbar Taskbar { get; private set; }
 
 		public void BuildObjectGraph()
 		{
-			MessageBox = new WpfMessageBox();
-			Settings = new Settings();
+			var browserInfo = new BrowserApplicationInfo();
+			var messageBox = new WpfMessageBox();
+			var settings = new Settings();
+			var logger = new Logger();
+			var text = new Text(new XmlTextResource());
+			var uiFactory = new UiElementFactory();
+			
+			logger.Subscribe(new LogFileWriter(settings));
+
 			Taskbar = new Taskbar();
-			
-			Logger = new Logger();
-			Logger.Subscribe(new LogFileWriter(Settings));
-
-			Text = new Text(new XmlTextResource());
-			SplashScreen = new SplashScreen(Settings);
-			ShutdownController = new ShutdownController(Logger, MessageBox, Text);
-			StartupController = new StartupController(Logger, MessageBox, Settings, SplashScreen, Taskbar, Text);
+			SplashScreen = new SplashScreen(settings);
+			ShutdownController = new ShutdownController(logger, messageBox, text);
+			StartupController = new StartupController(browserInfo, logger, messageBox, settings, SplashScreen, Taskbar, text, uiFactory);
 		}
 	}
 }

SafeExamBrowser/SafeExamBrowser.csproj

@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@
     <None Include="App.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\SafeExamBrowser.Browser\SafeExamBrowser.Browser.csproj">
+      <Project>{04E653F1-98E6-4E34-9DD7-7F2BC1A8B767}</Project>
+      <Name>SafeExamBrowser.Browser</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\SafeExamBrowser.Contracts\SafeExamBrowser.Contracts.csproj">
       <Project>{47DA5933-BEF8-4729-94E6-ABDE2DB12262}</Project>
       <Name>SafeExamBrowser.Contracts</Name>