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amsTaTic:
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but hey, I'm a newbie  :D

I have a Win98SE/98LitePro machine that will be dedicated to a jukebox cabinet. I don't want to see the Windows desktop every time I start the machine. I can put a shortcut to VJ in the Startup folder, but the desktop is still visable before VJ loads. I would like it to be a "one button" startup kind of deal, with no hint that a Windows computer is running it....

Before I buy it, can it be done with VJ? Is anyone doing it successfully?

TIA  ;)

planetjay:
It should. If fact I plan to do that on mine.

Look for the "shell=Explorer" line in either system.ini in the windows dir. Set it to "shell=C:\Program Files\Virtual JukeBox\Virtual Jukebox.exe" or where ever you put it.

If something gets screwed up, use the old F8 trick to go to a command prompt and edit the system.ini from there. You might need 8.3 names instead of long names. I really haven't done the shell trick since Windows 3.0, so I'm not sure.

yomero2k:
yes it can be done in system.ini there is a line that states shell=explorer.exe changeit to shell=c:\program files\virtual jukebox\virtualjukebox.exe

but be shure to set the working directory to the path your exe is located in, i have done this before and it works fine, just for the record, if you want to do the same in xp run regedit and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENT VERSION\WINLOGON\  
and modify the shell value to c:\program files\virtual jukebox\virtual jukebox.exe

amsTaTic:
I edited the system.ini to "shell=C:\Program Files\Virtual Jukebox\Virtual Jukebox.exe".

Upon restart I get a message on the screen reading, "Error loading C:\Program Files\Virtual Jukebox\Virtual Jukebox.exe. You must reinstall Windows." I know I just need to re-edit system.ini....

Either I'm doing it wrong, or there is a conflict with running other programs as shell with 98Lite, (although I have done it with WinAmp before), or VJ just won't run as shell, right?

Has anyone out there actually run VJ as shell in Win98SE, (with or without 98Lite)?

Thanx for the help  ;D

Lave Laar:
You could try to put the path in quotes like this :
shell="C:\Program Files\Virtual Jukebox\Virtual Jukebox.exe"    

If that doesn't work try to use the short filename.  Something like this :
shell=C:\PROGRA~1\VIRTUA~1\VIRTUA~1.EXE

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