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YaronM · Guest

Hello,

I'm testing my new custom shell on XPe.
I've tried using the AutoRestartShell = 1 registry value to force windows to
reload my custom shell in case of an unexpected termination. unfortunately,
it doesn't work.

I thought about creating a new system-service application that will monitor
the custom-shell, but I don't know how to accomplish that programmatically.

what techniques do you use to get your shell to auto restart?

thanks in advance,

YaronM

Slobodan Brcin (eMVP) · Guest

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded/msg/3592185ea728a439

Regards,
Slobodan

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YaronM · Guest

thanks Solobodan. I saw the setting you mention in the minlogon component.
I currently use the "Windows Logon (Standard)" component and it doesn't have
it.
I'm not sure if I can add both milogon and the "Windows Logon (Standard)"
and which one will take effect.

basically, what I am trying to achive is to have the Explorer as the default
Shell and my Custom-Shell as an alternative shell that I will manually
configure for a specific user. and I need both Explorer and my Custom-Shell
to be AutoRestarted when they accidently crash.

thanks,

YaronM

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Slobodan Brcin (eMVP) · Guest

Hi Yaron,

Flag that you mentioned should do the job. It does in XPP, there might be some other problem involved here.

Do you have a problem with your explorer shell, or only with your custom shell?

What approach do you use to accomplish autorestart? Sean's or your own?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnxpesp1/html/tchDifferentShellsForDifferentUsers.asp

Minlogon and winlogon can't be mixed sine they bring different files with same name.

Regards,
Slobodan

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KM · Guest

Yaron,

Tha Config flag is Minlogon specific.
With Winlogon you should use AutoRestartShell dword flag.

Minlogon and WInlogon can't be mixed as they esensially provide similar functions (with a bit different approach) and have the same
name binaries.

How do you start your own custom shell application?

KM

YaronM · Guest

Hi Slobodan and KM,

I start my custom shell as described in
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnxpesp1/html/tchDifferentShellsForDifferentUsers.asp
the default shell is Explorer.exe and is used for the local administrator.
the Custom-Shell is user specific and is used for a limited-user account.
I tried using the AutoRestartShell Dword but it only affect the Explorer..
I'm thinking maybe to create somekind of a KeepAlive service that will
monitor the task list and will re-launch the shell if it fails..
I understood that I can't mix Minlogon and Winlogon but I still need this
functionality.

any ideas would be great.

thanks,

YaronM

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