FAQ: Boot directly into your front end

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05-25-2006, 06:58 PM
d_sellers1

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Originally Posted by chewEboy

Great Idea but but because "explorer.exe" is not running.... no other progs are running either

ie.....

I need a bluetooth thing to load up and my wireless interntet to conect....

but becase explorer is not loaded.... these things dont start

so all that loads is my frontend (RR) on its own.... and the GPS dont work (as bluetooth not loaded) and internet dont work (as wireless internet thing not loaded)

is there a way to get these two things to boot aswell as just my front end?

Just because explorer.exe is not running does not mean that nothing else is going to run. I have RoadRunner set as my shell and my Bluetooth module, USB GPS, and Buffalo wNIC adapters all load with no problems. I also run iGuidance within RoadRunner along with SkinBedder and iGMon. I can also use Firefox to access the internet when I am connected wirelessly. I can also manually start Explorer.exe by launching it from within RoadRunner. So again, explorer does not need to be running to do what you've described.

EDIT: To answer your question: You should be able to set you front-end up as your shell and have the front-end loaded your desired programs.

Derek
05-26-2006, 07:57 AM
chewEboy

ok my bad...... u was right....

it just seems that my bluetooth GPS thing wont automaticly conect to the computer..... so have to phisicly open up the program to get it to conect!!

damb it... im so close to getting it how I want it then another problem comes along...

off to GPS section I guess
05-26-2006, 06:03 PM
justintime

WHat command do you use to startup the DESKTOP (explorer with full desktop view) from your frontends? I have had mixed results... using 'explorer.exe' or even 'explorer' seems to just bring up a plain explorers window, without full desktop...
05-26-2006, 10:27 PM
d_sellers1

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Originally Posted by justintime

WHat command do you use to startup the DESKTOP (explorer with full desktop view) from your frontends? I have had mixed results... using 'explorer.exe' or even 'explorer' seems to just bring up a plain explorers window, without full desktop...

In all technicallity, explorer is just that: the plain explorer window. However, when it is run as the shell, then you get access to the taskbar, system tray, desktop, and various WIN+ key shortcuts. From within explorer you can still access your Desktop. It will be at the top of the list on the right hand side of the window.

Derek
05-26-2006, 10:50 PM
justintime

Well, I really want a full desktop view to load so I can access START menu, tray icons etc.... it used to work for me, but not anymore.
07-16-2006, 05:33 AM
chewEboy

ok ive got a new problem now dudes.... and I think its cos I changed my setup to boot straight into front end... by using this tread

when pc first comes on.... the touch screen behaves very strange.... but after about 30 - 60 seconds its perfectly fine....

when I say strange.... its like its not been configered and it things its being pressed and when u touch it it wont react properly... (just like it aint be setup)

I can only assume its summit to do with the driver not being loaded straight away... then it gets loaded and its fine???

anyone got any tips that could maybe help me with this?
11-06-2006, 11:40 PM
ajamils

tried your guide and I was able to boot directly into Road Runner. Everything seemed to be working fine till I opened GPS and found out that for some reason GPS is not locking to any settelites. So I imported the orignal registry (with Explorer as shell) and restarted the computer and everything started working again.

What could be the connection between GPS unit and explorer ? that it does not work when window boots directly to frontend ?
11-07-2006, 09:27 PM
SentraVIP

Hi guys, I've too booting directly into RR. Well, it's much faster and simpler.

I've got a problem though.

IVT Bluetooth Soleil

I can get it to load embedded when I'm having explorer as the shell, but not when I boot directly into the frontend.

It seems like it's loading embedded, but the screen never pops up (it does when I'm on explorer shell). Wondering if anybody has encountered that and what is a possible solution?

I notice when I launch it it resides in the taskbar, not on the desktop. Might this be a possible cause?

I also have wifi (Aztech) and it works OK on both explorer and RR as my shell.

Thanks in advance
11-07-2006, 11:27 PM
ajamils

I believe that there Explorer has something to do with apps that reside in taskbar because Xport resides in taskbar too.

We need to find out a way to load these things with road runnner.
11-07-2006, 11:43 PM
SentraVIP

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Originally Posted by ajamils

I believe that there Explorer has something to do with apps that reside in taskbar because Xport resides in taskbar too.

We need to find out a way to load these things with road runnner.

Are you having the same problem with me as well? Some of our apps doesn't load when you're using the frontend as your shell?

I notice not all apps behave the same (doesn't load) eventhough the resides on the taskbar (notification area). My Wifi program loads OK when running RR as shell, eventhough when explorer as shell, it too resides on the taskbar as well.

An alternate solution would be to get some software to load at the background that works as though it's the desktop task bar?

Is there such a program?

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