mstsc.exe as a shell???

[Guest]

Hello All

Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to build a shell based on mstsc.exe

 

[Sean Liming \(eMVP\)]

I can recommend a couple of good books on the subject: Windows XP Embedded
Step-by-Step and Windows XP Embedded Advanced.
Chapter 16 of Windows XP Embedded Advanced talks about creating custom
shells.

Is Remote Desktop Connection the only application that you want to have the
user access in the system?

Regards,

Sean Liming
XP Embedded Manager
A7 Engineering (www.a7eng.com)
Author: Windows XP Embedded Advanced and Windows NT Embedded Step-by-Step

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[Guy Leech]

I did this by changing the "Shell" value in "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" to point to a .cmd script that invokes mstsc.exe
with a specific .rdp file pointing to my Terminal Server. It loops around so
launches again if the user logs off or otherwise loses their session. Simple
but effective and the user doesn't really see the script - they can stop the
script but the cmd window closes so they can't get at the local system. I
guess you could write a simple Win32 GUI app that used CreateProcess() if
you wished but this saves the effort and is easier to change. I guess that
you could just specify mstsc.exe as the executable if you didn't want to
pre-customise the user's settings (or change their default.rdp instead).