Getting into alternative shells can involve quite a lot of new learning if you are new to it.
The reason I mentioned it is that kiosk situations have a particular need for removing the "shell" part of the windows OS. Several people in this group use an alternative shell not for a kiosk setup but just to get rid of the unneeded clutter of the Windows interface. The shell is only a superficial thing on top of the Windows OS; it's not essential for running programs properly. I agree completely with Ravi's suggestion of either Liteshell or Litestep (Litestep can be huge if you install lots of modules, which can take a lot of time to select, but in a kiosk setup, you don't need any of them, just litestep.exe and a very brief step.rc, and maybe one popup menu?, and maybe a tray module (IF you want the users to have a tray). I recommend you don't explore other alt shells apart from the two Ravi mentioned, unless you have plenty of time and are looking for a new hobby! In 2000/XP (unlike 95/98) you don't really need any shell. Instead of setting the standard explorer shell in Regedit, or litestep etc, you could set c:\windows\notepad.exe. That's a silly example but it works. If you have a continuously running program for your users (or make one with PowerPro) that may be the most suitable thing to set as the shell. There is a description of the basics about shells here: http://shell-shocked.org/article.php?id=133 and a minimal Litestep kit here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/files/Off-topic%20-%20Shells/ /alans_litestep_kit.zip It's quite old and it's time I updated that kit. My personal choice is to install an absolutely minimal LiteStep, including the essential VTray.dll, and make the rest of my "shell" with PowerPro. Alan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/JV_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Attention: PowerPro's Web site has moved: http://www.ppro.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
