Instant Sheller

[fmartine]

Hi all, i use instant sheller , very good program,

but i'd like to launch more that one executable at windows start up,

i tried with registry modification (seeting "run" value for automatic execution on start up),

but when i install instant sheller my registry modifcation are ignored,

do you know how to find a solution?

thanks in advice

francesco

[headkaze]

There are several things you can do, either point it to a .bat file and launch that instead. Inside the batch you can launch all the other programs you want. You can use AutoIt/AutoHotkey instead so it doesn't display a command prompt.

There is also a "Startup" folder where you can place shortcuts that will launch on startup. The folder is usually "C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Start Menu\Programs\Startup". To be honest I'm not sure if these programs get launched when explorer.exe is not set to launch. Give it a try anyway.

Finally you can run programs as a service instead. There are a couple of programs that can help you do this, so check out the following link http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Utilit...es_as_a_Service

[shaunopp]

Is Vista completely shell-able like XP yet? I was able to do a custom boot screen with Vista but never completely hide the os and auto-launch GameEx on startup.

[bkenobi]

You can run logon and logoff scripts as well. I personally have GameEx set as the shell and run an AHK script to start everything else and get the environment all set up the way I want it.