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Joseph - 10 Sep 2007 06:37 GMT

I'm configuring a Win2K Pro system in which I have a
.bat file in a user's startup. It runs an old DOS .exe
and I want it to run full screen.

I have it configured to automatically log on to this
particular user. So when the system boots up, it runs
the .bat file and the .exe in full screen.

But after a few seconds the screen shows the
Windows desktop and on the taskbar, the 'cmd.exe' is
"sunken" as if it's the current window open. If
I click on that taskbar item, it brings up the full
screen cmd.exe.

Is there something I can do to fix it so that
it doesn't show the Windows desktop?

I thought it maybe a startup issue, so I took
a unix sleep.exe program and delayed a long time
before actually running the executable, but no luck.

TIA

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Michael Bednarek - 10 Sep 2007 14:14 GMT

>I'm configuring a Win2K Pro system in which I have a
>.bat file in a user's startup. It runs an old DOS .exe
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
>a unix sleep.exe program and delayed a long time
>before actually running the executable, but no luck.

The default shell is Explorer.exe; you could try and specify a different
shell, e.g. cmd.exe. See "Different Shells for Different Users"
<http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms838576.aspx>.

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me@tadyatam.invalid - 10 Sep 2007 16:45 GMT

>>I'm configuring a Win2K Pro system in which I have a
>>.bat file in a user's startup. It runs an old DOS .exe
[quoted text clipped - 21 lines]
> Shells for Different Users"
> <http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms838576.aspx>.

Does it apply to W2K Pro?

J

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Michael Bednarek - 11 Sep 2007 07:15 GMT

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:45:26 GMT, me@... wrote in
microsoft.public.win2000.setup:

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>> The default shell is Explorer.exe; you could try and
>> specify a different shell, e.g. cmd.exe. See "Different
>> Shells for Different Users"
>> <http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms838576.aspx>.
>
>Does it apply to W2K Pro?

AFAIK the shell mechanism described in that article applies to all
NT-class OSs. Did your tests show it doesn't?

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me@tadyatam.invalid - 11 Sep 2007 21:16 GMT

> On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:45:26 GMT, me@... wrote in
> microsoft.public.win2000.setup:
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> AFAIK the shell mechanism described in that article applies
> to all NT-class OSs. Did your tests show it doesn't?

Thanks for the info.

I did not dare to try. :)
If I find something contrary to what the article says, I'll
let you know.

J

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