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Re: Utility to set the shell in Windows XP


de Marc 04/15/2006 11:20



Semolina Pilchard wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 02:21:30 +0200, Gert van der Kooij wrote:
>
>> In article <1boyzwl2vxk0p$.18wpzn7ytnvce.dlg@40tude.net>,
>> semolina@ecosse.net says...
>>> On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:07:59 -0500, ceed wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am looking for an uliity I can use to set the default shell in
>>>> Windows without having to edit the registry. I know one comes with
>>>> Litestep, but that one only sets Litestep or Explorer as shell. I
>>>> would like one where I can set the shell to any exectable I want
>>>> to use. I know it exists, but I am not able to find it at present.
>>>> Help greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> ShellOn
>>> http://home.freeuk.net/surf.design/shellon/features.htm
>>>
>>>
>>
>> It says: "don't use with Windows 2000" so you better not use it with
>> XP also.
>
> I've been using it with XP for nine months. No problems. Works
> perfectly as it's intended to do. I wouldn't have recommended it
> otherwise.

What version of ShellOn are you running?

Is the ShellOn in the link above the same as the ShellOn in:
http://dx13.co.uk/programs/shellon/index.html

If so, it's now at V2 and is 2K (hence XP) compatible.

Marc



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  Re: Utility to set the shell in Windows XP Semolina Pilchard
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