How to change the shell from explorer.exe to custum shell for users and not administrator

06-19-07, 05:36 PM

crookj

Looking to change the default shell explorer.exe with a custom exe
file only for the 2 local users i have on the machine and want to
leave the administrator account with the normal shell.. can someone
please explain step by step on how to do this..... The issue is
that i have to remote uses connecting to this machine and i only want
them to have access to 1 program and not windows. Thanks for any help
i receive.

Jay C

06-20-07, 05:18 AM

Dave Patrick

You can set the Reg_Sz string value of;
"Shell"="Explorer.exe"
to the full path of the program you wish to start by default. found at
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

For example to start the command interpreter;
"Shell"="C:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe"

You may be able to define this per user at;
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

06-20-07, 04:59 PM

marinema6

On Jun 20, 12:18 am, "Dave Patrick" <DSPatr>
wrote:
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Thanks for the help.. That worked out great.

Jay C

06-21-07, 06:02 AM

Dave Patrick

Good to hear. You're welcome.

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