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Title: changing the registry to boot into frontend
Post by: neil324 on October 10, 2005, 06:14:30 pm

Ive been trying to change the registry in win2000 to boot into atomic fe.
Open regedit and browse to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon"

Look for a string entry called 'Shell'. If it is not there, create a string entry and name it 'Shell'. Set the value of this entry to the name and location of your Front-end

ive put the location of my frontend C:\atomicfe\atomic.exe

then when i reboot i get an error atomic.cfg can not be found do you want atomicmanager.exe started instead and i get a blue screen and nothing happens, i can change it back easly by ctrl+alt+del then running redigit again

anyhelp please

Title: Re: changing the registry to boot into frontend
Post by: youki on October 10, 2005, 06:42:40 pm

Hi neil324,

Read this topic

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=38316.0

you have the solution at the end.

You have to use a .BAT file , to force the default directory. 

Title: Re: changing the registry to boot into frontend
Post by: neil324 on October 11, 2005, 12:22:04 pm

ok thanks think ive got it

As i Said you by mails. To make run Atomic.Fe as Shell.

Create a .BAT file  like that:

Cd \
Cd AtomicFE
Atomic.exe

(adapt it to your folder configuration of course)

Put call it for example : Atomic.bat and copy it in your windows directory.

With REGEDIT edit the registry Key :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \Winlogon

Add or Edit the Key : Shell

And put Shell = Atomic.BAT

Now it should work.

If you are under windows XP , you have to change the way windows open session. to do that :

Control Pane ->User Account->Modify the way the user open session (or something like that, i have a french XP so i don't know what there on US version).  Then Unckeck : Use Startup Screen. (or something like  that).

Then you can eventually use the AutoLogon. Something to change in the registry, you should find information about that in this formum i think.

I did that, and it works for me.

So if my atomicFE is in C then may bat file should be

C \
C AtomicFE
Atomic.exe

and i then place this in C\WINNT folder

and put Shell = Atomic.Bat in the shell value

Title: Re: changing the registry to boot into frontend
Post by: youki on October 11, 2005, 04:02:47 pm

Yes, it is that part!  ;)