User Startup with Full Screen CMD.exe

[Joseph]

I'm configuring a Win2K Pro system in which I have a
..bat file in a user's startup. It runs an old DOS .exe
and I want it to run full screen.

I have it configured to automatically log on to this
particular user. So when the system boots up, it runs
the .bat file and the .exe in full screen.

But after a few seconds the screen shows the
Windows desktop and on the taskbar, the 'cmd.exe' is
"sunken" as if it's the current window open. If
I click on that taskbar item, it brings up the full
screen cmd.exe.

Is there something I can do to fix it so that
it doesn't show the Windows desktop?

I thought it maybe a startup issue, so I took
a unix sleep.exe program and delayed a long time
before actually running the executable, but no luck.


TIA

 

[Michael Bednarek]

I'm configuring a Win2K Pro system in which I have a
.bat file in a user's startup. It runs an old DOS .exe
and I want it to run full screen.

I have it configured to automatically log on to this
particular user. So when the system boots up, it runs
the .bat file and the .exe in full screen.

But after a few seconds the screen shows the
Windows desktop and on the taskbar, the 'cmd.exe' is
"sunken" as if it's the current window open. If
I click on that taskbar item, it brings up the full
screen cmd.exe.

Is there something I can do to fix it so that
it doesn't show the Windows desktop?

I thought it maybe a startup issue, so I took
a unix sleep.exe program and delayed a long time
before actually running the executable, but no luck.

The default shell is Explorer.exe; you could try and specify a different
shell, e.g. cmd.exe. See "Different Shells for Different Users"
<http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms838576.aspx>.

 

[me]

The default shell is Explorer.exe; you could try and
specify a different shell, e.g. cmd.exe. See "Different
Shells for Different Users"
<http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms838576.aspx>.

Does it apply to W2K Pro?

J

 

[Michael Bednarek]

Michael Bednarek wrote
in news:[email protected]: [snip]

The default shell is Explorer.exe; you could try and
specify a different shell, e.g. cmd.exe. See "Different
Shells for Different Users"
<http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms838576.aspx>.

Does it apply to W2K Pro?

AFAIK the shell mechanism described in that article applies to all
NT-class OSs. Did your tests show it doesn't?

 

[me]

Michael Bednarek wrote
in news:[email protected]: [snip]

The default shell is Explorer.exe; you could try and
specify a different shell, e.g. cmd.exe. See "Different
Shells for Different Users"
<http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms838576.aspx>.

Does it apply to W2K Pro?

AFAIK the shell mechanism described in that article applies
to all NT-class OSs. Did your tests show it doesn't?

Thanks for the info.

I did not dare to try.
If I find something contrary to what the article says, I'll
let you know.

J