Direct boot into front-end, XP GUI on exit

**kandyman676** · 03-23-2008, 07:53 PM

As LTi said, the *correct* way is to use Win XP pro and make a specific login for your PC startup via Local Group Policy, and then a separate admin login for your maintenance.

**TheCustomizer** · 04-16-2009, 11:28 AM

if i have multiple screens which screen will the front end display on?

**Extide** · 04-17-2009, 10:41 AM

I would suggest using the actual registry system class instead of relying on WMI.

Like:
Registry.SetValue("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon", "Shell", "explorer.exe", RegistryValueKind.String)

You will need to add a using or Imports statement for Microsot.Win32

This is of course, for .NET only.

**NSFW** · 04-17-2009, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by portreathbeach

You would have thought that after XP looks at the 'shell' entry and runs the front-end, it wouldn't look at it again, but it does, and explorer.exe will only run the full GUI if the 'shell' entry is explorer.exe.

I'm guessing that explorer.exe checks the registry every time it gets started. If it is the designated shell, it provides the taskbar and start menu; if it is not, it just opens one little window.