WinNT Shell

seanos · 2003-06-26 14:06:09

In w95/98 you can edit the win.ini [possibly system.ini - bad memory & been so long since used thankfully], and change "shell=explorer.exe" to a different shell. Is this possible in NT, or which file you edit? I have searched through system.ini & win.ini and no line exists sadly - purpose for this is for Citrix, and…

26-06-2003 02:06PM

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In w95/98 you can edit the win.ini [possibly system.ini - bad memory & been so long since used thankfully], and change "shell=explorer.exe" to a different shell.

Is this possible in NT, or which file you edit?
I have searched through system.ini & win.ini and no line exists sadly - purpose for this is for Citrix, and getting winnt to boot straight to citrix client.

Thanks in advance.

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#2 26-06-2003 03:08PM

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sorry - found out it's in registry :
local machine, software, microsoft, windows nt, current version, winlogon, key = shell
value is whatever shell you want

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#3 26-06-2003 04:51PM

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How do stop the little darlings from being able to connect in to the desktop as opposed to just apps ?

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#4 26-06-2003 07:24PM

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Would they not just use the ica client for connecting to apps then remove the Terminal server client so they can't access the desktop?

Or am i missing something?

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