Changing a users shell

[Eric Fadely]

On a standalone workstation how is it possible to change
one users shell and not another? I want to make users
have a shell of say winword.exe and not explorer.exe. I
see in group policies how to do this but this is globally
and I only want it done a group of users.

 

[Ray at]

I'm not familiar with using AD methods for distibuting registry settings,
the the setting that you want to create/change is
HKCU\software\Microsoft\windowsNT\currentversion\winlogon
shell="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\winword.exe"
(REG_SZ)

That path to winword.exe is typically what it is, but not necessarily, so
make sure you adjust it as needed. The "shell" value does not exist in HKCU
by default, but if you create it, it will be honored.

Ray at work