Thread: USB accesories don't work running RR from shell

I finally figured it out. Running from a shell was ****ing me off because my usb devices just arent being started when explorer.exe is not running, and it's a pain to re-initialize explorer if you need to fix something. So I went about it a different way:

1- Download and install a free program called Startup Control Panel.
Set Roadrunner (or your frontend of choice) as a startup program.

2- Get rid of desktop icons. I did this using a registry hack:

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Name: HideIcons
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

If I need to get to a program, I just use the start button on the taskbar, (which is set to auto-hide) Then I set the desktop background color to black.

When the computer starts, I get the VIA bios logo, then black screen, then roadrunner pops up and music begins to play. I also set "hide taskbar", "hide desktop" and "hide pointer" in the RRconfig settings.
All my usb devices work, and I can get into windows easily.






http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kba...ktopIcons.html