diff -r 5456b4e8b3a8 -r 3321d3e205b6 taskswitcher/taskswitcherui/taskswitcherappecom/src/tsappecom.cpp
--- a/taskswitcher/taskswitcherui/taskswitcherappecom/src/tsappecom.cpp	Wed Sep 01 12:32:46 2010 +0100
+++ b/taskswitcher/taskswitcherui/taskswitcherappecom/src/tsappecom.cpp	Tue Sep 14 20:58:58 2010 +0300
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     TSLOG_IN();
     
     DefineTaskswitcherStateProperty();
+    User::LeaveIfError( iApaLsSession.Connect() );
     
     TSLOG_OUT();
     }
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@
 //
 CTsEcomPlugin::~CTsEcomPlugin()
     {
+    iApaLsSession.Close();
     }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -188,18 +190,11 @@
     TSLOG_CONTEXT( CTsEcomPlugin::IsReady, TSLOG_LOCAL );
     TSLOG_IN();
 
-    TBool ret = EFalse;    
-    CEikonEnv* eikonEnv = CEikonEnv::Static();
+    TBool ret = ETrue;    
     
-    if ( eikonEnv )
+    if( !IsTaskSwitcherStarted() )
         {
-        TApaTaskList taskList( eikonEnv->WsSession() );
-        TApaTask task = taskList.FindApp( KTaskswitcherAppUidValue ); 
-    
-        if ( task.Exists() )
-            {
-            ret = ETrue;
-            }
+        ret = (KErrNone == StartTaskSwitcher()) ? ETrue : EFalse;
         }
     
     TSLOG1_OUT( "IsReady returns: %d", ret );
@@ -249,4 +244,72 @@
     TSLOG_OUT();
     }
 
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// CTsEcomPlugin::IsTaskSwitcherStarted
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+TBool CTsEcomPlugin::IsTaskSwitcherStarted()
+    {
+    TSLOG_CONTEXT( CTsEcomPlugin::IsTaskSwitcherStarted, TSLOG_LOCAL );
+    TSLOG_IN();
+    
+    TBool ret(EFalse);
+    CEikonEnv* eikonEnv = CEikonEnv::Static();
+    if ( eikonEnv )
+        {
+        TApaTaskList taskList( eikonEnv->WsSession() );
+        TApaTask task = taskList.FindApp( KTaskswitcherAppUidValue ); 
+        if ( task.Exists() )
+            {
+            ret = ETrue;
+            }
+        }
+    TSLOG1( TSLOG_INFO, "TaskSwitcherStarted: %d", ret);
+    TSLOG_OUT();
+    return ret;
+    }
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// CTsEcomPlugin::StartTaskSwitcher
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+TInt CTsEcomPlugin::StartTaskSwitcher()
+    {
+    TInt ret(0);
+    TRAPD(err, ret = StartTaskSwitcherL() );
+    if( KErrNone != err )
+        {
+        ret = err;
+        }
+    return ret;
+    }
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// CTsEcomPlugin::StartTaskSwitcherL
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+TInt CTsEcomPlugin::StartTaskSwitcherL()
+    {
+    TSLOG_CONTEXT( CTsEcomPlugin::StartTaskSwitcher, TSLOG_LOCAL );
+    TSLOG_IN();
+    TInt ret(KErrNone);
+    
+    TApaAppInfo appInfo;
+    TApaAppCapabilityBuf capabilityBuf;
+    ret = iApaLsSession.GetAppInfo( appInfo, KTaskswitcherAppUidValue );
+    if ( !ret )
+        {
+        TFileName appName = appInfo.iFullName;
+        CApaCommandLine* cmdLine = CApaCommandLine::NewLC();
+        cmdLine->SetExecutableNameL( appName );
+        cmdLine->SetCommandL( EApaCommandRun );
+        ret = iApaLsSession.StartApp( *cmdLine );
+        CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy( cmdLine );
+        }
+    
+    TSLOG1( TSLOG_INFO, "RApaLsSession::StartApp returned with: %d", ret );
+    TSLOG_OUT();
+    return ret;
+    }
+
 // End of file