Hi, it replaces explorer.exe (which is not lauched at all with this key present). In my example (cmd.exe), you just have a CMD window. It's really usefull if your explorer is causing trouble a startup.
CU . \)|(/ . (o o) . /-----------------ooO----(_)----Ooo-----------------\ .(_| Francis VIVAT | . | CETP-CNRS | . | 10-12, avenue de l'Europe 78140 Velizy | . | Tel : +33 1 3925 4780 | . | Fax : +33 1 3925 4922 |_ . | E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ) . \---------------------------------------------------/ . (_) (_) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylvain Petreolle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Francis VIVAT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Stuart Adamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Splatter van Upchuck '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'cygx '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 1:10 PM Subject: Re: KDE (or gnome) > is the program that is named here laucnhed after winnt > logon or is it replacing it ? > > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows > > NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon > > > > you create a string value named Shell, and you put > > what you want in it > > (cmd.exe for example). > > > > May be it could be used to load CygWin ? I haven't > > tried it that way. > > > > CU > > . \)|(/ > > . (o o) > > . > > > /-----------------ooO----(_)----Ooo-----------------\ > > .(_| Francis VIVAT > > | > > . | CETP-CNRS > > | > > . | 10-12, avenue de l'Europe 78140 Velizy > > | > > . | Tel : +33 1 3925 4780 > > | > > . | Fax : +33 1 3925 4922 > > |_ > > . | E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > | ) > > . > > > \---------------------------------------------------/ > > . (_) (_) > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Stuart Adamson" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "'Splatter van Upchuck '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: "'cygx '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 11:21 AM > > Subject: RE: KDE (or gnome) > > > > > > > > From: Splatter van Upchuck > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > > > What else runs under XFree then? > > > > > > My windows development environment (for Win32 > > code, not cygwin code). > > > I use Icewm for my window manager, Vi (vim) is my > > editor of choice, > > > gnu make is much better that nmake that ships with > > visual studio. > > > You can always invoke win32 apps from cygwin (some > > even appear on my > > > icewm tool bar). > > > > > > If you want a web browser, office apps etc then > > you may as well just > > > use the native windows one - they work well. > > Cygwin comes in when I > > > want a sane development environment, a nice shell > > (bash or cmd.exe - > > > hum, tough choice ;)) and that feeling that I'm > > working with and not > > > fighting against my environment. > > > > > > Xfree86 also makes a good Xterminal for unix > > machines. With a few of the > > > patches that have gone in over the last month and > > native clipboard support > > > coming soon (if I knew how to hook into the XEvent > > queue then merging > > > xwinclip and Xwin would be high on my list of > > things to do) it's very > > > usable and free (unlike eXceed, XWin32 etc). > > > > > > > > > Here's a question - can I stop windows from > > loading explorer on startup > > and > > > get it to load Xfree86 instead? I know you could > > do this under Win95 > > > - is it still possible under 2000 ? > > > > > > > > > Stuart > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en fran�ais ! > Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com >
